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Subject:Re: Login, Log in, Log into From:Glen Accardo <glen -at- SOFTINT -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 28 Oct 1994 14:17:26 -0500
> Which of the following would you use and why?
> Login to the network.
> Log in to the network.
> Log into the network.
I use the third: "Log into the whatever." However, I use the first one
as well. "The login screen blah blah blah." I do this partly out of
consistency with the software: "Log in screen" doesn't quite convey
the proper message. There is no former tree residing in the monitor.
However, log does have a verb entry in the dictionary and "log into"
seems to be the correct verb/preposition combination to use.
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Software Interfaces, Inc. (713) 492-0707 x122
Houston, TX 77084
