Re: Borland set to sell IDE business

Dave Jewell wrote:

"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

I was flashing on the lyric:

"Don't need my name in the marquee lights"

(and y'all from Lukenbach TX know what I mean)

--
John Wester
- Life is complex. It has real and imaginary parts.
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