Re: Usage question - "... un-initialized state" or "... an uninitialized state"

Subject: Re: Usage question - "... un-initialized state" or "... an uninitialized state"
From: Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>
To: "McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:26:34 -0700

Well Kevin, it looks like the best solution is to include the possessive
"its" instead of any article at all.

That was my first instinct too: "its XXXX state".

-Tony

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References:
Usage question - "... un-initialized state" or "... an uninitialized state": From: McLauchlan, Kevin
RE: Usage question - "... un-initialized state" or "... an uninitialized state": From: Lynne Wright
Re: Usage question - "... un-initialized state" or "... an uninitialized state": From: Wanda Phillips
RE: Usage question - "... un-initialized state" or "... an uninitialized state": From: McLauchlan, Kevin
RE: Usage question - "... un-initialized state" or "... an uninitialized state": From: Lynne Wright
RE: Usage question - "... un-initialized state" or "... an uninitialized state": From: McLauchlan, Kevin
Re: Usage question - "... un-initialized state" or "... an uninitialized state": From: Kathleen MacDowell

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