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Re: Another Punctuation Question

Subject: Re: Another Punctuation Question
From: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:52:21 -0800

On 1/30/2012 12:08 PM, Cardimon, Craig wrote:

*Jabbed* is useful.

How about badger?

On 1/30/2012 12:52 PM, Cardimon, Craig wrote:
Playing Humorous Devil's Advocate, I was thinking of Pull as the opposite of Press.

*If they don't like Press, how about Pull*

This is one of the many reasons I don't use humor in tech writing. It's very hard to make it fly.

What if you fling the button?

Ooo, I'm making myself cringe, depress the button.

-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret Cekis

Craig Cardimon asked, 'How about "pull" then?'
How do you "pull" a virtual button?

Would that be click-and-drag?


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