25 sep 07
Login (logon) is a noun. Log in (log on/sign on) is a verb. From answers.com:
The process of gaining access, or signing in, to a computer system. The process (the noun) is a “logon” or “login,” while the act of doing it (the verb) is to “log on” or “log in.”
So, you can have a “login” for a site, and when you go to that site and enter that information, you “log in.”
Shaun / 03 oct 2007 / 3:25 p.m.
So, I was looking up some more details about this little bit of tedium today in the indispensable Microsoft Style Manual for Technical Communications, and they say that “log on” is appropriate but not “log in.” Although, it didn’t directly address my suspicion that you should “log in to” not “log into.”
God, I love my job.
Laura / 26 sep 2007 / 12:03 a.m.
THANK you.