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An intriguing dilemma. I can't recall ever seeing "increments" and
"decrements" used as other than NOUNS. However, I'm willing to
acknowledge that language evolves. . .
On Tue, 20 Sep 1994, Richard Mateosian
wrote:
> > "increments" and "decrements" were used as VERBS!
> I have been using these verbs for about 30 years, and I was astonished to
> discover today that they ain't in the dictionary.
> May I have a show of hands on this one? Did you know that these verbs aren't
> verbs? Do only programmers increment registers?
> Email (another good verb) me your response, and I'll summarize. ...RM
> Richard Mateosian Technical Writer in Berkeley CA srm -at- c2 -dot- org
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