Use of 'populate'

Chris Borokowski athloi at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 10 07:22:21 MDT 2008


I sifted through the thread, wondering when someone would come up with
a good closer. I would suggest mentioning the action required. "Type"
or "enter" the information needed in the following fields. "Fill in" is
slightly idiomatic but would work as well for me.

> To read "'Why not use filled in. Populate seems pretentious.'"" is 
> refreshing. 


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