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Re: Reference: "in-built" and "internal"
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Mark . Burgess |
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Re: Reference: "in-built" and "internal" |
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Wed, 2 Feb 2005 07:35:23 +0100 (MET) |
There is nothing grammatically wrong with in-built, but I don't mind
changing it. It is just an older form, more from our Germanic roots.
M
On 1 Feb, David Douthitt wrote:
> I would posit that "in-built" is not correct English, and "internal" is
> specific to hidden inaccessible variables and structures inside the
> program.
>
> I would suggest that the actual term is "built-in"; this patch fixes the
> Reference to match. The patch is built (sort of) against 2.1.13.
>
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