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To: COBOL2Java
"We don't think that the disclosure is adequate and there are certain mistakes in the way the software is architected in terms of leaving some programs behind," he said.

"Architect" is a noun. It is not a verb, and applying verb-type endings to it and inserting it in sentences where the verb would go won't make it so.

It's an ugly, nasty coinage and deserves our censure and mockery, as do those who use it.

(/grammar purist mode)
45 posted on 08/29/2006 6:21:42 AM PDT by Xenalyte (No movie shall triumph over "Snakes on a Plane.")
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To: Xenalyte; r-q-tek86

Stuff can't be architected, but can be engineered. Muahahaha!


46 posted on 08/29/2006 6:27:28 AM PDT by Toby06
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