Re: noun destructs

["Dana Worley" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com>]

From:           	Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
> The word "invitation" has vanished. It is now an "invite" wherever I 
> look. This destruct of a good word gives me an indigest.

I consider an invite less formal than an invitation. You send out invites for a BBQ, but 
invitations for a black tie affair ;)

The same destruction has happened to installation. We often check out a software install 
around  here (I'm guilty as well).

Dana W.

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Dana Worley
Software Product Manager/Manager, Software Support Group
Campbell Scientific, Inc. 
Microsoft MVP, Windows Help
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