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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:"Sarah Bane" <Sarah -dot- Bane -at- spectrumretail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 5 Nov 2001 15:42:02 -0600
I say positive phrasing.
To me, "You can't assign an item to more than one group" suggests a
weakness of the product--unless your purpose is to reassure the users
that they can't inadvertently assign an item to more than one
group--whereas "you can assign an item to only one group" simply states
a fact about the product's functionality.
BTW, functionality should probably be another of the banned words :)
Sarah Bane
sarah -dot- bane -at- spectrumretail -dot- com
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