Thread: CNN: Why can't you 'give' an e-book?
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Old 07-26-2010, 05:05 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Worldwalker View Post
Actually, the CNN headline had "gift" instead of "give", but I refuse to perpetrate the verbing of that noun when there's already a perfectly good verb.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/....html?hpt=Sbin
And you refused to use "Kindle books" and changed it to e-book!

(she did mention that iBooks, the Nook, and Sony have the same limitations though)
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