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Subject:Re: FW: double-click or double click From:Stacey Marner <marners -at- CORSAIR -dot- MANTECH-WVA -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 19 Jun 1997 09:36:44 EST
Kathy states:
>A test that I've adopted to tell the difference is, can you put another word
>"in between" and still have it make sense? If so, that's the verb. If not,
>it's a noun.
Yes. That's how we decided our "log on/logon" and "log off/logoff" debate.
The verb has to be open so that you can tense it, too (logging on/logging off).
Stacey Marner
marners -at- mantech-wva -dot- com
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