Re: Login, Log in, Log into

Subject: Re: Login, Log in, Log into
From: "Arlen P. Walker" <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 14:53:00 -0500

Which of the following would you use and why?

Login to the network.

Ouch! Jargon Alert! Jargon Alert! (Not use.)

Log in to the network.

Not quite. I don't like "in to" as separate consecutive words.

Log into the network.

Yes, although I would give some thought about "onto" as well, but I think "into"
is right.

Your example begs another question as well: Are we *really* logging into a
network, or are we (much more likely) logging into a server which is attached to
the network? Networks which require logging in may exist, but I've never seen
one.


Have fun,
Arlen


Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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