Re: Word-a-Day preview round

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 24 Apr 2008, at 16:59, Shaun McCance wrote:

> Actually, most style guides agree that you "select" a check box.


Interesting... personally I'd say that you check the box to select the  
option that it represents, you don't select the box itself.   
('Selecting' a checkbox actually implies 'focusing' it to me, although  
obviously the correct word for that is, er... 'focusing'.).

Cheeri,
Calum.

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