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Subject:Re: Work around..... From:David John <David -at- BMIS -dot- DEMON -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:13:56 -0800
At 10:43 AM 12/15/98 -0500, Toni Lee McCreash wrote:
>I checked one of the online dictionaries and did not come up with the right
>spelling for "work-around", "work around", or "workaround". Can someone tell
>me which is correct? Thank you.
>
It's not in any dictionary probably because it's really (undesirable)
jargon masquerading as a word. One way to get round your problem is not to
attempt to use it at all, like I've just done!
Cheers,
David.
