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Maureen said:
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>The other day I was reading a text on C programming for beginners and
>came across this gem. Thought it kinda fit in with all the discussion that's
>been going on about "deselect", etc.
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>"....you will have to depress the Control key...."
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>I couldn't help thinking "What do they have against the poor Control
>key? Why should we make it sad?" : )
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>Just another example of why we should reread what we write before
>we send it to the printer!
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>Maureen Foulds
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Your comment brought a smile to my face, because the product manager for
the stuff I document is VERY fond of this word. According to my
Webster's, though, this is technically correct, because one definition
for depress is "to press down." However, I still insist on changing all
of 'em to press! It's kinda like the preventative vs preventive thing.
:-)
