Re: can you think of an example of 'click on' used in a grammatically incorrect way?

Subject: Re: can you think of an example of 'click on' used in a grammatically incorrect way?
From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 17:34:53 -0500


"Click on" in a GUI context is never correct, but it's not for a
grammatical reason. The reason is that the word "click" in a GUI
context includes the concept of "on." In other words, what "click"
means in this context is that you place your mouse pointer over the
named item and press the left mouse button. "Click" has no meaning in
a GUI context unless its meaning is "get ON the object."


Bonnie Granat
http://www.granatedit.com



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