Bob Trussler: > There are words in English that seem to have an opposite, but really they > don't. > In this case, I am sure that 'undeploy' is a nonsense word. > Of course, I could just be showing that I am a grumpy old man, and not > keeping up with the latest trends.. I can't answer for your age or mood, Bob, but there's a big difference between negating a state and reversing an action. As a verb, "undeploy" -- presumably meaing "to reverse a previous process of deploying", does indeed stink. As an "adjective" (one of the functions of a participle is as modifier in a nominal group), "undeployed" -- meaning "not in the state of having been deployed" -- works fine. Just like the difference between unpainting a door and describing a door as unpainted, really. Michael Lewis -------------------------------------- Brandle Pty Limited, Sydney, Australia www.brandle.com.au -------------------------------------- ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************