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Subject:Re: Friday Fun: What Pet Peeve makes you puke? From:"Kirk Turner" <royj -at- alltel -dot- net> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:11:46 -0400
What makes me crazy and, yes, might make me puke is the use of dual
modifiers or identifiers littered and strewn about a manual or user guide.
This convention, some might say affectation, is the primary and certainly
the favorite construction used and/or employed by a member of our team who
writes and produces documentation for our company and associated entities.
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