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Originally Posted by Under the Covers
Karma for being such a good sport -- I certainly didn't mean to offend you -- it's just one of those things I've been running into a lot lately and correcting.
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Aww, thanks - but I certainly wasn't offended. A bit irritated at myself for missing that point (I edit and write manuals for a living), but then it occurred to me that I wasn't focusing on fixing the whole text, just displaying MY idea of OK sentence fragments.
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Originally Posted by Under the Covers
I guess it also irritates me a bit because we have been objectified and turned over time from "people" into "consumers" -- picture little Pac-Man game images -- and on into "things" now with our language.
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Something I noticeably shudder at (I know because my manager's noticed it) is 'resources', as in, "we'll need to put a couple more resources onto the project." NO!!! PEOPLE, goshdarnit all to heck and may Phil, the Lord of Insufficient Light, smack your botty with his spoon for all eternity, you dehumanising piece of vomit!!!!
Ahem. Sentence fragments?