multiplicity

[Wilson Gray]

We of an older generation would write "log in to multiple databases
...," as opposed to "log into ..." All will agree, I think, that one
would write, "Are you logged in?" or even "Are you logged-in?" but
never, "Are you logged into?"

-Wilson

On 7/27/07, James Harbeck <jharbeck at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> >Do you find this among people in general, or more among people who are
> >especially involved with computers?
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> Now, that's a good question. Almost everyone I know is involved to a
> fair extent with computers, and those who aren't are in the main of
> an older generation.
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> I'll have to start noting it when I hear it.
>
> James Harbeck.
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