Pro forma.
No, I can't fill in a pro-forma, any more than I can fill in a green or an A4 or an important.

I could fill in a pro-forma document, though. Hell, I could even go wild and fill in a form. I assume that that's what you want.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:55, 4 replies)

God...
...I thought I was a militant pedant. Hats off to you, sir.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:01, closed)

Oh, I have quite a reputation in these parts.
Hehehehe
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:05, closed)

Can I infer that you are a Mirkin ?
They say fill out. We British say fill in ;-)
( Ramsay Tupper, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:13, closed)

Nope: I'm a Brit.
I'd wondered about the fill out/ fill in difference. Now ninja'd.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:20, closed)

I guess it's just one of those things where the abbreviation has become the norm.
A bit like asking for a latte. Assuming that you're in a coffee shop most people will assume that you don't just want milk.

Still it does allow for some high handed point making and we all like to do that occasionally.
"Oh, you mean a pro-forma form"
"Could you inform me whether I should use the present pro-forma form or the former pro-former form" etc.
(Cave Duck, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 17:38, closed)

Except...
that a form would seem to be pro-forma almost by definition (lest it be, um, a blank piece of paper). So your explanation may have something to it, but, if it's right, then I really despair...
:(
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 19:24, closed)