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Subject:Re: Unset? Can that be a verb? From:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> To:TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:43:11 -0800
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Dan Goldstein
<DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> wrote:
> I'll see your nit and raise you a half:
>
> "Select and clear: Use for check boxes." -- MSTP, 3rd edition
Aargh. How did they squeeze that in without my knowledge? Checking my
reference shows this usage recommended multiple times. I have no clue
where I heard about disable/enable then. No clue.
This "@techcom #fail" is definitely "unset"-tling.
LOL.
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