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My position stands. I don't know about this. I know it's in Webster's
10th. Still, it seems like something that evolved into the language, but I
feel that it only muddies the language, and that we should still try to use
function, functions, or capability. Functionality--Webster's or not--is
technospeak.
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From: Technical Writers List; for all Technical Communication issues
To: A207708
Subject: Re: Functionality
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 1996 4:03PM
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Paul Dixon replied that functionality is "not a word. People think it is,
but it isn't. Try using function or functions." It is a word, according
to Webster's Collegiate (10th ed.), where it's tacked on to the end of
"functional".
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