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Subject:RE: How do you "set" this term? From:"Pinkham, Jim" <Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com> To:"Butler, Darren J Ctr 584 CBSS/GBHAC" <Darren -dot- Butler -dot- ctr -at- Robins -dot- af -dot- mil>, "Techwr-l" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:56:51 -0600
Based on our style sheet, which defaults to Webster's absent a specific
entry to the contrary, we go with setup as the noun and set up as the
transitive verb.
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Subject: How do you "set" this term?
* set up
* setup
* set-up
My office has decided on how and how not to use these terms, but I'm
second-guessing it all.
What say ye?
Darren J Butler
Technical Communicator (Why yes, I that does mean Tech Writer)
Integrated Data for Maintenance
NG Corp
542 MSUG/GBMUAC
darren -dot- butler -at- robins -dot- af -dot- mil
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