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Subject:RE: Chicken or the Egg From:Sean Hower <hokumhome -at- freehomepage -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 May 2004 08:32:21 -0700 (PDT)
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John Posada asks:
Select "XXX" from the "YYY" list of available actions.
Or
>From the "YYY" list of available actions, select "XXX".
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We use Select "XX" from the "YY" list.
May I suggest cutting the "of available actions" part. Without really knowing the context of this step, it seems like the instruction would be cleaner without that last bit.
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