RE: "Gage"

Subject: RE: "Gage"
From: "Pinkham, Jim" <Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com>
To: "Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- users -dot- com>, "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>, "Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>, <quills -at- airmail -dot- net>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:58:37 -0600

Just to play the devil's advocate: Why can't one decide a loan? How is
that different from deciding a boxing match or a court case, especially
the latter? The judge decides, for instance, whether to rule in favor of
the plaintiff. But if we say that she decided the case, the meaning is
clear.

-----Original Message-----
From: techwr-l-bounces+jim -dot- pinkham=voith -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jim -dot- pinkham=voith -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Downing, David
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:06 PM
To: Combs, Richard; Lauren; quills -at- airmail -dot- net;
techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: "Gage"

I'll concede that the verbing of "text" and "message" may be a necessary
evil. Using the single word "decide" doesn't work in my case, however,
because you can't "decide a loan." What you do is make a decision
whether to approve, reject, or whatever, the loan application. By that
figuring, I supposed you'd have to defend "decision" as a verb, but I
still refuse to use it unless I'm made to.

-----Original Message-----
From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:52 PM
To: Downing, David; Lauren; quills -at- airmail -dot- net;
techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: "Gage"

Downing, David wrote:

> I would call it "sending a message," although I concede that then you
> have three words instead of one. As I said before, I can't bring
myself
> to write about "decisioning a loan." I still feel compelled to write,
> "making a decision on a loan," and I'll keep doing that until our
editor
> tells me it's not acceptable.

I agree wholeheartedly regarding "decisioning," but it and "messaging"
aren't really analogous.

"Decisioning" is an abomination because it's a verbification where none
was needed. There's already a perfectly good verb for expressing that
concept: "deciding"

OTOH, the verbing of "message" and "text" is much more defensible
because it lets us express new concepts more concisely. "Texting" is to
"sending a text message" as "deciding" is to "making a decision."

Richard


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
------
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
------





^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and
publishing solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor,
Microsoft Word or HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed
manuals.
http://www.doctohelp.com

Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual authors
and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write once, publish
to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control!
http://www.helpandmanual.com/

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com -dot-

To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/jim.pinkham%40voith.c
om


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing
solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or
HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals.
http://www.doctohelp.com

Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-

To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat


Follow-Ups:

References:
Re: "Gage": From: quills
RE: "Gage": From: Downing, David
RE: "Gage": From: Combs, Richard
RE: "Gage": From: Downing, David

Previous by Author: RE: Learning to index my own project
Next by Author: RE: "Gage"
Previous by Thread: RE: "Gage"
Next by Thread: RE: "Gage"


What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:


Sponsored Ads