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Subject:Re: 'Prepend' isn't a word, is it? From:Suzette Seveny <sseveny -at- PETVALU -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 14 May 1999 13:15:37 -0400
I think you might be looking for "preface".
Suzette
On Friday, May 14, 1999 12:40 PM, steve [SMTP:steve -at- SOFTLINESYSTEMS -dot- COM] wrote:
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> I've searched all my resources and I can't find 'prepend' as a word, yet =
> I've seen it used in several documents to indicate adding something to =
> the beginning of something else (vs. append attaching something to the =
> end of something else).=20
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> Has anyone else seen this usage or could suggest another word or phrase =
> to replace it?
>
> Curiously yours,
> Steven Ward Email: steve -at- softlinesystems -dot- com
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