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On Sep 17, 2:03pm, David Knopf wrote:
> Subject: Re: Speaking of Improper Terminology
> David Dvorkin wrote:
> >
> > "Abort" is to be avoided as well?
> >
> > Oh, saints preserve us.
>
> 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."
>
> Regards,
>
> -- David Knopf
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> What's wrong with 'abort' now? I can't believe that people are so sensitive.
If you don't like 'abort', why don't you just use 'kill'? Same difference.
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