RE: Yahoo has no staff tech writers

[John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>]

Annamaria ...

I'm not discounting grammar. I might work a paragraph over a couple of times
until I'm happy with it. However, I'm concerned about the grammar not for
the sake of grammar, but whether the grammar will interfere with or enhance
getting reader to understand what or how to do something.

Most times, they go hand in hand...good grammar enhances the understanding.
However, if the grammar gets in the way of the understanding (oh, boy...) or
if getting "just-exactly-right" means missing a deadline or commitment, then
grammar picks up the rear..

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
212-414-6656
 "Be accurate...the 4am wakeup call you prevent could be your manager's"



-----Original Message-----
From: Annamaria Profit [mailto:inteltek2 -at- earthlink -dot- net]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 4:29 PM
To: John Posada
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Yahoo has no staff tech writers


John,

Your list makes sense for the professional writer, like the professional 
generally, your skills have moved way past a concern for basic structures.

I'm not sure who called a need for uniform grammar a "neurosis" because I 
haven't kept track.  However, I have some experience teaching English 
writing and composition to disadvantaged students in an urban university, 
and the departmental policy I found there disparaged the teaching of 
grammar entirely.  Their policy was "Ignore grammar, let the student write, 

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