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RE: POLL: A question of rhetoric (not a rhetorical question)
Subject:RE: POLL: A question of rhetoric (not a rhetorical question) From:"Despres, Michelle" <Michelle -dot- Despres -at- NASD -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:40:24 -0500
Beware of passive voice...who can assign the item to only one group? It's
better to keep the sentence active.
Michelle
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From: Pete Sanborn [mailto:psanborn2 -at- earthlink -dot- net]
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 4:37 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: POLL: A question of rhetoric (not a rhetorical question)
Or, "An item may be assigned to only one group" to make it a neutral
statement.
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