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Subject:What to do about writing samples From:craig -dot- cardimon -at- att -dot- net To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:08:16 +0000
I was going to use a copyediting test as a sample of my technical/medical
writing skills. I wanted to show what it looked like when I got it and then how
it looked after I fixed it. Before and after. Someone said I shouldn't do that
because it might violate copyright. I wasn't going to identify the entity that
gave me the test. I was simply going to show the text itself, which is merely a
list of sentences and a few paragraphs. I was still advised against it. What do
folks think? What do you do about generating samples of technical/medical
writing?
Craig Cardimon
craig -dot- cardimon -at- att -dot- net
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