Ross Herbert wrote:

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:54:10 +1000, Franc Zabkar
wrote:

SNIP

or why Americans say "off of" when "off" will suffice.
:
:- Franc Zabkar

In the same vein, I hate the use of another "americanism"... When talking of
removing say a single item from a group of items, there is a growing trend to
say "separate out", or "separating out". This is clearly an example of word
redundancy. The verb "separate" denotes that an item has been, or is to be,
"removed" or "taken out", so there is no need to include the "out" after the
verb "separate". I have even heard academics and english lecturers using this
redundancy, thus further promoting its use in the community.

If I simply say I am "separating item A from a group of items" this clearly
means I am "taking out" item A and leaving the rest of the items in the group.
If I say I am "separating out item A from a group of items" it follows that I
must be "taking out" out item A from a group of items. Not correct,is it?


I've never heard that term used in the US. 'Delete an item' was all
I've ever seen.

OTOH, in manufacturing, several different BOMs can be issued for
variations in a single base model. The base item is in the XXX-XXX-00
format, and each customized version is incremented by 1.

For instance: I worked on telemetry equipment. We offered a wide
range of IF and video bandwidths. The customer could chose any 12 they
needed, and if they needed something special, we would create a new BOM
for that custom order. In this system, nothing is ever removed, deleted,
dropped or any other phrase. This allowed us to quickly do custom
runs, or build a replacement board or module when it was damaged in the
field. We had a customer try to modify some IF modules at their site,
and destroyed every board they touched. Another advantage was if a
customer ordered spare equipment a year or two later we would pull up
their previous order which listed the top level BOM for that design, and
the MRP software would generate the entire set of BOMs for the order,
and tell purchasing to order anything that was needed, like sheetmetal
and front panels.


http://www.microdyne-telemetry.com/i...MG_7129sm2.JPG shows one of
the customizable products we built. The two recievers are from the 700
series.


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