RE: Transition that verb out of here!

Subject: RE: Transition that verb out of here!
From: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
To: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:13:21 -0700

Dan Goldstein wrote:

> 1. I'm not saying that it isn't a verb. I'm saying that it lacks
> clarity.
>
> 2. You said that M-W lists it as an intransitive verb. STC's usage
here
> is clearly transitive.

You're right -- I was focused on your catchy subject line and read the
actual quote too carelessly. There are plenty of decent, upstanding
transitive verbs they could have used -- "change," switch," "migrate"
...


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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