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#16 (permalink) Thu May 15, 2008 9:45 am from remote or remotely

Yankee wrote:

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No, in fact I don't hear people saying "Pass me the control". I've heard that device called a number of things, but 'the control' is not one of them.
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And "the remote"?

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#17 (permalink) Thu May 15, 2008 21:14 pm from remote or remotely

Molly wrote:

Now, before we go your usual garden-path way: what is it that you really want to say. Is "fix X from remote" used, and is it OK for all of us to use it? Go search, but please don't guess.

Steady on, old chap. There's no need for all this agitation.

My points were quite straightforward:

1. I haven't heard "from remote" used.
2. I have heard "remotely" used.
3. It may well be that "from remote" is used.
4. Your quotee doesn't say "from remote".

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#18 (permalink) Thu May 15, 2008 22:25 pm from remote or remotely

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There's no need for all this agitation.

LOL! So don't agitate by calling me "old boy" when I've asked you not to.

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#19 (permalink) Thu May 15, 2008 22:27 pm from remote or remotely

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4. Your quotee doesn't say "from remote".

Indeed he does. BTW, did you notice the other quotees?

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