BI on Throw in

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Stillblind

They actually use the word ALIVE in their casebook? Not surprised at all!! What a bunch of clowns. The word is LIVE … the ball never is and never will be ALIVE!

Originally Posted by Raymond

I don't know why that makes it silly.

I believe that it's silly (just silly, not the end of the world, see Stillblind quote above) to call an inanimate object (a ball) "alive", but somehow I don't find it silly to call such an inanimate object "live".

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Jay R

Actually the NBA uses the terms live and alive. On a free throw, the ball is live when at the disposal of the FT shooter and it becomes alive when the FT is released.

Note to technical writers: Don't follow NBA's example by having a difference in technical terms depend on the presence or absence of a single vowel, especially if you ever expect oral communication to be used by those making use of them.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Note to technical writers: Don't follow NBA's example by having a difference in technical terms depend on the presence or absence of a single vowel, especially if you ever expect oral communication to be used by those making use of them.

Especially a single vowel that is also a commonly used article.

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