OT: log out, logout or log off logoff

[Andrew Warren]

Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote:

> I would say that combined in one word each referenced item is
> a noun. So when you log in (out) you have the state of login
> (logout), as in a "login window".

Yes, the usual rule is "noun form is one word, verb form is two".  To this I would add that many style guides also treat "log on" as a phrasal verb, so they'd prefer "log on to" to "log onto".

-Andrew

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