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Subject:Re: If you could choose... From:"Ridder, Fred" <F -dot- Ridder -at- DIALOGIC -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 29 Jul 1997 13:22:40 -0400
I know this is potentially off-topic, but it has been bothering me
enough
over the last couple of weeks that I just can't resist any longer:
When did "send" become a noun??? This usage makes me lurch every
time I see it. I most commonly see the terms "message", "submission",
"posting", or "post" used to refer to the material one sends to a BBS or
a list server, and all of these words work just fine as a noun (even if
one
is a gerund). But according to two dictionaries I consulted, the only
noun sense of "send" is a semi-archaic usage to refer to the lift of a
wave.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Pat Gantt [SMTP:pagantt -at- POSTOFFICE -dot- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET]
>Sent: Monday, July 28, 1997 6:20 AM
>Subject: If you could choose...
>
><Snipped>
>What initiated this question was a send on another list...
>
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