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From: john@x.UUCP (John Woods)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Poor English (here too)
Message-ID: <435@x.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 16-Mar-85 17:02:25 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 16 17:02:25 1985
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Organization: Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA
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> Don't worry about "orientate" -- the biggest problem is the word
> "initialize" which every computer person really and truly believes
> is a genuine word!
> -- 
> Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug
> 
Frightening.  As one who prides myself on striving for reasonable English,
I checked this in my Webster's New Universal, and "initialize" is not there!
On the other hand, "initialize" is a very useful word, so I think I will
keep it.
-- 
John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
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