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Subject:Re: Login, Log in, Log into From:"Arlen P. Walker" <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 31 Oct 1994 14:53:00 -0500
Which of the following would you use and why?
Login to the network.
Ouch! Jargon Alert! Jargon Alert! (Not use.)
Log in to the network.
Not quite. I don't like "in to" as separate consecutive words.
Log into the network.
Yes, although I would give some thought about "onto" as well, but I think "into"
is right.
Your example begs another question as well: Are we *really* logging into a
network, or are we (much more likely) logging into a server which is attached to
the network? Networks which require logging in may exist, but I've never seen
one.
Have fun,
Arlen
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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