Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
I can override it...
Clark: If I can get him to the Geothermal facility can you access the
detonators in the shaft?
Dinah: I can override it. Compromise them?
detonators in the shaft?
Dinah: I can override it. Compromise them?
Top answer
Madhulk Dinah: I can override it. Compromise them? It seems most likely that "override" here means intervene manually to prevent some pre-programmed sequence of events occurring.
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Madhulk
Dinah: I can override it. Compromise them?
It seems most likely that "override" here means intervene manually to prevent some pre-programmed sequence of events occurring. It's not quite clear from this snippet what "it" refers to. It may just refer to the detonators I guess, even though there isn't grammatical agreement
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Thanks, Mr Wordy! It wouldn't be their first gramatical disagreement.
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