Re: Rule about not using possessive?

["Lisa Bronson" <Lisa -dot- Bronson -at- ipaper -dot- com>]

Does translation come to play in this situation?

I avoid contractions and possessives because I have been told they are more
difficult to translate.

Lisa








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Subject:  Rule about not using possessive?


I questioned a change my editor had made, and now she's questioning
herself.
She swears that at some point she learned that possessives are
inappropriate
in technical writing, but now she can neither remember the logic behind
this
"rule" nor find a source for it.

So, has anyone else out there every been exposed to this rule and, if so,
can you explain the reasoning? Thanks for your help.

Elizabeth Estep
MRI-Documentation






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