Re[2]: Generally, what do you think of generally?

[Harry Hager <hhager -at- dttus -dot- com>]

     Al,
     
     Okay. You've convinced me.
     
     I'll kill all abverbs. 
     
     I'll never again use an abverb in technical writing.
     
     I'll never tell the reader the software lets them rapidly or quickly 
     perform a task. (A task that was previously a tedious manual task.)
     
     I'll never tell the reader they will use the results of task A later 
     in task B.
     
     I'll never tell the reader to make certain they have completed task A 
     before they do task B.
     
     I'll never tell the reader what to do if the software calculations are 
     performing more slowly than the specifications. 
     
     And I'll certainly never tell the reader they should carefully insert 
     part A in slot A.
     
     I'll never again use abverbs because it's not precise. 
     
     There are adverbs and then there are adverbs. 
     
     <g>
     
     H. Jim Hager