RE: What to look for in a technical editor

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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