atw: Re: To press while... or hold?
- From: "Matilda Reich" <matildar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 11:41:11 +1100
Deborah Cross comments very valid. With your sentence below, the use of
"click" does seem to infer a distinction. 'Click' is a quick strike, while
'press' does indicate you actually keep the finger on that key until the
rest of the operation is completed.
Ana's version "To update all parameters, press the Shift key and click XXX"
is probably the most grammatically correct.
Just goes to show there are more than one way to skin a cat.
Matilda Reich
----- Original Message -----
From: Nigel Dawes <NigelD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 9:31 AM
Subject: atw: Re: To press while... or hold?
> Valid suggestion, Sonja - thanks.
>
> Doing so, however, makes the sentence longer.
>
> "Press the Shift key and click the button to update all parameters".
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Rgds
> Nigel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sonja McShane [mailto:smcshane@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, 16 February 2004 9:14 AM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: To press while... or hold?
>
>
> I've always used press. Does someone have a Microsoft Manual of Style
handy?
> I think that's what they prescribe.
>
> If that were my sentence and the context allowed for it, I'd actually
> rewrite the sentence to remove the 'ings'.
>
> Sonja
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nigel Dawes
> Sent: Monday, 16 February 2004 9:14 AM
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> Subject: atw: To press while... or hold?
>
>
> Hi
>
> Any suggestions for a sub to "pressing" in the below statement?
>
> "Pressing the Shift key while clicking the button updates all parameters"
>
> My colleagues use "hold".
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Nigel
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