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Subject:RE: Unset? Can that be a verb? From:Ron Hearn <rhearn -at- central1 -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:14:17 -0800
It seems to me that these days ANY word can be a verb judging from current media and web usage. New verbs from the Olympics: medal and podium (as in "she podiumed in the Grand Slalom").
Ron Hearn
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Subject: Re: Unset? Can that be a verb?
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Jenny Greenleaf <jennysubs -at- mac -dot- com> wrote:
> Clear works. I use that to talk about check boxes, though (Select/Clear the X check box).
> I'm not sure if that would confuse the issue or not. Probably not.
>
> Jenny
Just a nit: MSTP doesn't recommend that users check or clear check
boxes. The user is to enable or disable the options linked to the
check boxes instead.
So, "Disable default configuration if desired" would be preferable, if
that is indeed the case.
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