RE: RE:classification -- was definition. . .

["Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>]

You've gotten me wondering about my use of "synthetic". I used it in the
sense of "in contrast to analytic". However, I think my usage might be
redundant as any categories we create are bound to be synthetic. I think
I would have done better to say, "We should not use the same categories
to define roles/title as we do to identify different types of writing."

On the other hand (and "synthetic" aside), we call Shakespeare a "poet"
and "playwright" and Stephen King a "novelist". Their titles are derived
from what they produced. However, we have a clear and distinct idea of
what comprises poetry, play, and novel and how they are different from
one another. Not so with marketing writing, business writing, and
technical writing.

Leonard C. Porrello (who is compelled to argue against himself since no
one else has)
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Kim-Eng [mailto:techwr -at- genek -dot- com] 
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 11:33 AM
To: Leonard C. Porrello; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: RE:classification -- was definition. . .

No, I was merely trying to offer an alternative description
for "synthetic distinctions" you were rejecting after you 
opined that a Marxist approach was not cogent.  

BTW, my distinctions are no less "synthetic" than anyone
else's, except that I am in a position to enforce mine in
my little corner of the universe by writing the company's 
technical writer job descriptions and hiring the writers.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>
To: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>; <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 11:03 AM
Subject: RE: RE:classification -- was definition. . .


I'm confused. Are you saying that I was trying to "declassify" other
technical writers?

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