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RE: What do you guys think of STCs new definition for technicalwriter?
Subject:RE: What do you guys think of STCs new definition for technicalwriter? From:"Sean Brierley" <sbrierley -at- Accu-Time -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 29 May 2008 09:26:56 -0400
If you reread your definition, you define two things. Firstly you define
technical communication. Then, you define technical communicator. I was
discussing the definition of technical communicator.
Cheers,
Sean
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From: Lauren [mailto:lauren -at- writeco -dot- net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:24 PM
To: Sean Brierley; 'TECHWR-L'
Subject: RE: What do you guys think of STCs new definition for
technicalwriter?
> From: Sean Brierley
> Wasn't Lauren's definition this one?
>
> <quote>A technical communicator is a person who performs any job or
> holds any title within the field of technical communication.</>
Well that's the second sentence of my two-sentence definition. Would it
be easier for you to keep my definition together if I connected the
sentences with a semi-colon?
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