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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Why the vax, but not the Unix??
Message-ID: <216@ttrdc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Jun-85 21:53:11 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 15 21:53:11 1985
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Organization: AT&T Teletype Corp., Skokie, IL
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Based on the now-common abuse of the term 'Unix' as a noun, it seems plausible 
to use 'the Unix' in a construction like:

"This program will run under the Unix modified at Berkeley but not under the
Unix internally used at AT&T." 

Granted, it sounds a bit stilted, but the article 'the' is now justified, refer-
ring as it does to a PARTICULAR item.  But most (including AT&T :-)) would be
happier with 'the Unix operating system' or similar phrase used in place of
plain 'the Unix' in the example.

D. Levy
AT&T Teletype Corp.
^^^^
Skokie, Ill.

Unix is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories (and don't you forget it!).