RE: New TECHWR-L Poll Question

Subject: RE: New TECHWR-L Poll Question
From: "Jane Carnall" <jane -dot- carnall -at- digitalbridges -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 16:47:55 +0100

Dan Hall offered: >>My opinion only...
>>Technical writers, with regard to grammatical issues:
>>* Should, in favor of confusing the reader, avoid standard usage in all
>>cases.

I think:
Any technical writer who has to resort to ungrammatical nonstandard usages
to confuse the reader is clearly not trying hard enough.

Jane Carnall
"Do, or go to. There is no try," said Yoda, refusing Luke's best java.


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