Re: Borland set to sell IDE business

"John Wester [Group W]" <rot13.wjrfgre@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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David I would be the marquee name....

Well, actually, no. A marquee is signage. The word that you are fumbling
for is 'marque' which in both US and UK English (note the capitalized (sic)
'E' there) is a brand name. Look up the possible definitions of marque and
marquee on Wikipedia and you'll see what I mean.

This is the sense in which the original poster intended it:

"...the list is rumored to include marque names such as IBM, Oracle, and
even Google."

Strictly speaking, 'names' becomes redundant in the above sentence, hence:

"...the list is rumored to include marques such as IBM, Oracle, and even
Google."

Dave








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