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Oct 23 2009   3:56PM GMT

Open source — hyphenate or not?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, hyphenation, open source, adjectives, Business writing, Quiz

Which is correct?
Open source describes any software whose source code is in the public domain or that is copyrighted and distributed under an ______________.
a. open source license
b. open-source license

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Jun 30 2009   2:32PM GMT

Neither/nor and verb agreement



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, neither / nor, subject-verb agreement, Microsoft, VMware, open source, Business writing, Quiz
typing Which is correct?
Neither Microsoft nor VMware _____ that open source products pose a challenge.
a. deny
b. denies

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