Re: Apple permits "then" to be used as a coord. conjunction in instructions

[Suzette Leeming <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I think Apple is well received by their customers, while we abhor Bill
Gates.  Since it seems the purpose of writing user document is to
communicate with our audience, could it be that bending the rules
might be more important than maintaining a particular rule of 
grammater?

Suzette Leeming
Stouffville, Ontario

On 7/11/05, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> 
> The distinction here is between "OK," as in, "our experience tells us that
> many of our users speak this way and we will not be perceived as illiterate
> boobs if we do too," and "grammatically correct."  For historical
> perspective,
> think, "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should."
> 
> Gene Kim-Eng
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Johnson" <thj -at- tampabay -dot- rr -dot- com>
> 
> > If anyone can supply the logic, the textbook backing, or any similar
> > stylistic agreements to the below style principle, please inform me.
> 
> 
> 


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