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Subject:RE: Is there a more succinct way to say this? From:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> To:"Zuercher, Darrell" <dzuerche -at- tva -dot- gov>, "Technical Writing" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:11:46 -0400
Not bad.
However -- plaintive whine -- don't we all know this by now?
I wanna say "Activate" or "Make It So."
I mean, really.
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> From: Zuercher, Darrell [mailto:dzuerche -at- tva -dot- gov]
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 1:32 PM
> To: Cardimon, Craig; Technical Writing
> Subject: RE: Is there a more succinct way to say this?
>
> "Press ENTER or click OK."
>
>
> --Darrell
>
>
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> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+dzuerche=tva -dot- gov -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
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> Of Cardimon, Craig
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 1:28 PM
> To: Technical Writing
> Subject: Is there a more succinct way to say this?
>
> Is there a better way of saying, "Press ENTER or click the OK button?"
>
>
>
> After you type something like this in 700 million times, you begin to
> wonder.
>
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