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> From: Stan Schwartz <stanz -at- cam -dot- org>
> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 11:13:35 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 16
>
> Dear ones,
>
> I take dispute with use of the prefix 'pre' as in 'pre-recorded in
> front of a live (what else) audience' or 'comes pre-loaded...' on
> your hard drive.
>
> Well, how is this possible? How can you do something before it is
> done? Is this redundancy or is there some other implied meaning.
> Wouldn't that make an electronic transcription (a copy) a
> pre-pre-recording? Where/when will this end? How are 'This is
> recorded', and 'This is pre-recorded' different.
>
> Do you use 'pre' for special cases or is this an aberration of the
> language/usage?
<snip>
I've enjoyed following this thread. In my department, we don't use the
prefix "re". Instead of "re-install the.. " or "re-tighten the hardware",
it's just "install" or "tighten". Failure to comply with this standard
results in an excess of green ink from the editor's pen.
"Technical writers are trained to reveal almost nothing about themselves in
their writings. This makes them freaks in the world of writers . . ."
-Vonnegut
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