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Subject:Re: Shut Windows down versus shutdown Windows From:Matt Hicks <matt -at- UNIDATA -dot- UCAR -dot- EDU> Date:Fri, 24 Jun 1994 13:12:06 -0600
On Fri, 24 Jun 1994, Richard Sobocinski wrote:
> Gang,
> I need some help with the verb To Shut Down.
> For example, in a procedure, I need to say something like:
> 1. Shut Windows down and restart it.
> Would it be more correct to say
> 1. Shut down Windows and restart it.
> Donna Ellis
> dle -at- alpha -dot- sunquest -dot- com
> ========================================
> I prefer "shutdown" (one word).
> Rich
"Shutdown" might work as a noun ("Beginning system shutdown") but not as
a verb. What would the gerund form be, "shutdowning"? This reminds me of
all the times I've seen "upon" used, when what is called for is "up on".
I recently saw something like "catching upon my reading." Ugh.
I prefer "Shut down Windows..." from the options above.
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