Re: Need Your Opinions re Simplified English (Can I quote you?)

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

--- Dick Margulis  <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net> wrote:
> 
> I don't think Gary has it right, but I don't think John does,
> either. Each is taking, from my perspective, an extreme point of
> view.

Dick...I don't mean it as an extreme point of view. I'm not saying
that ya toss out all conventions and make it up as ya go along.
However, if I'm writing a marketing piece, I'll use language and
conventions appropriate for that audience. If I'm writing for a GenX
or Wired type of reader, I'll write using different conventions than
if I'm writing for a group of accountants or bankers. I'll write
command line UNIX programmer docs or MAN pages differently than an
online help for a novice GUI user. All of these writings conflict to
varying degree with my copy of Webster.

We're not talking ee cummings or James Joyce type of writing...just a
flavor of writing specific to a type of audience.  

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John Posada, Senior Technical Writer
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