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Subject:RE: What to look for in a technical editor From:Lisa Kemp <lnk -at- ontario -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 21 May 2003 12:43:33 -0500
While I agree that you can teach grammar, writing style and just writing in
an understandable way is not nearly as teachable. I have managed writers who
knew the rules, but you just couldn't understand a bit of what they wrote.
For example:
You use the user maintenance user interface to create a user.
I am of the opinion that good writing style is somewhat innate.
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