Re: shoot, shot or . . .

Subject: Re: shoot, shot or . . .
From: Ken Poshedly <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net>
To: Nina Rogers <janina -dot- rogers -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 20:53:42 +0000 (UTC)

Thanks all for the answers and sense of humor. (The rewording one is what we'll do.)

Thankfully it's about 4:50 p.m. here and time to . . .
a) Straighten up my deskb) Get one last phone call inc) Start on a new projectd) Go down the hall
Tomorrow, guys.
-- You-know-who in you-know-where


From: Nina Rogers <janina -dot- rogers -at- gmail -dot- com>
To:
Cc: Ken Poshedly <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net>; TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: shoot, shot or . . .

"We explored the problem and developed a solution."
Or something like that.
Seriously ... "troubleshot" seems awkward, so I would just find a more elegant way to word whatever I was trying to say.

:D
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 4:40 PM, Wright, Lynne <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- kronos -dot- com> wrote:

"Troubleshot" sounds less awkward/seems grammatically appropriate.

Oh, and I just checked a couple of credible on-line dictionaries; they all say "troubleshot" is the past tense.

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Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 4:38 PM
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Subject: shoot, shot or . . .

OK gang. It's not even Friday, but here's something to rattle your cages early.
What's the past tense of "troubleshoot"?
Normally, the past tense of "shoot" is "shot" as in "I shot the gun".
But while I'm reasonably certain that "troubleshooted" is wrong, "troubleshot" just doesn't seem correct either.
I think I'll have another drink, bartender.
-- Ken in Atlanta
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