atw: Re: Mouses??
- From: Naomi Kramer <nkr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:47:21 +1000
Might as well say 'pointing devices' or 'screen navigation devices', and
take into account that not everyone uses a mouse... :-)
- Naomi
Melanie Kendell wrote:
Simply because some people *are* bothered by these terms, so if you
can rewrite to avoid pluralising it then all well and good (although I
would prefer to restructure the sentence rather than invent something
like mouse devices).
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Simply because some people *are* bothered by these terms, so if you can rewrite to avoid pluralising it then all well and good (although I would prefer to restructure the sentence rather than invent something like mouse devices).
- atw: Re: Mouses??
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