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>Surely THIS can't be news in Boulder! "Abort" has been on the no-no list
>since I started in technical writing, and let me tell you that was QUITE
>a while ago. We do not impoverish the language by writing "cancel"
>instead of "abort."
"Abort" isn't considered non-pc in Boulder. Perhaps it is in Colorado
Springs!
We impoverish the language whenever we toss out useful and evocative
phrases or words.
David Dvorkin
Qualix Group, Inc.
Boulder Development Ctr. mailto:dvorkin -at- bolix -dot- com
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