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Subject:Re: Need a Quick Reply From:Rebecca Merck <Rebecca -dot- Merck -at- ONESOFT -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 1 Apr 1999 13:54:12 -0500
MS Manual of Style, page 250:
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Avoid "sign in" or "sign on" to refer to making a connection to the
Internet. Use "make a connection" or a simplar phrase instead.
However, if you must use one, use "sign in," not "sign on." (Use "log
on" for network connections.)
Avoid "sign off." Use "disconnect" instead. Use "sign off" informally
only to refer to getting approval.
Use "sign up" to refer to enrolling in a service.
Hyphenate these terms only when they are used as adjectives, not as verb
phrases.
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My inclination would be to use them as follows, only in terms of getting
approval:
"I am going to sign off on the document tomorrow."
"The sign-off process is documented in Standard Operating Procedures."
I might also be inclined to do something like this with "signoff":
"Jennifer's signoff is on file in this location."
Hope that helps!
-Rebecca
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> From: Parker, Cassandra M.
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> Reply To: Parker, Cassandra M. (EXCH)
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> Subject: Need a Quick Reply
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> List Members,
>
> I checked the archive but can't ever seem to find anything there,
> sorry. If
> anyone can point me to this subject in the archive, I will gladly go
> there
> and read through.
>
> Can someone give me a quick reply to the different definitions and
> usage of
> the following:
>
> sign off
> signoff
> sign-off
>
> There is a bit of a discussion in my immediate area.
>
> THANKS in advance for your replies,
> Cassandra Parker
> Information Services - Tampa, FL
> Applications Delivery - QA
> (813) 829-6560
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