Bill


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I'd use :-

"Once set up, you can view ... "

but what do Brits know about the English language anymore !

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Santucci [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 02 June 2000 18:44
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Language/Grammar/Usage Question


Which is more correct? (We're arguing about how to write some
documentation.)

"Once this has been set up, you can view ..."

-or-

"Once this has been setup, you can view ..."

I argued that you could rewrite the sentence as, "Once you have set this
up ..." and it would still make sense; whereas, "Once you have setup this
..." is bad grammar. And they *still* want to write "setup" !!!

Note: this does *not* involve running any kind of "Setup" program.

TIA,
Patrick
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Patrick Santucci
Technical Services Analyst
Seabury & Smith, Inc.
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