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Re: New homepage for LUGNET part 3
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Date: 
Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:54:32 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Ross Crawford wrote:
Actually, it's another of those words where common use has blurred what some
would consider the correct usage. Many dictionaries now list it as a noun, eg:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.asp?Word=login

Common mis-use, you mean?  :)

LiveJournal, SourceForge, and the New York Times all do it correctly, just
to name a few:

http://www.livejournal.com/login.bml
http://sourceforge.net/account/login.php
http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login

--Todd



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  Re: New homepage for LUGNET part 3
 
(...) Actually, it's another of those words where common use has blurred what some would consider the correct usage. Many dictionaries now list it as a noun, eg: (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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