"You" ad "Yours"; was, "grammar question"

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

Just curious, why are you averse to "you" and "your"? I use them when I
want to draw a reader into a text or avoid an imperative and the passive
voice.

Leonard

-----Original Message-----
From: Lauren [mailto:lauren -at- writeco -dot- net] 
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:03 PM
To: Leonard C. Porrello; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Grammar question

"You" and "your"?  I've mentioned my aversions to using second-person
pronouns.

C.  Run ingest jobs from a networked computer that meets the
requirements.

However, the sentence by itself leaves me wondering about *which*
requirements.  Ingest requirements, network requirements, computer
requirements, system requirements, or some form of process requirements?
Since you say that the requirements relate to the computer, then the
sentence reads like it is saying, "run the jobs from a computer that
meets
computer requirements."  Are "computer requirements" spelled out
somewhere
else in the doc?

Lauren
 
> From: Leonard C. Porrello
> 
> I can't decide which of the following two expression is preferable:
> 
> A. You can run ingest jobs from any computer that meets 
> requirements in
> your network.
> 
> Vs.
> 
> B. You can run ingest jobs from any computer in your network 
> that meets
> requirements.
> 
> The requirements mentioned pertain to the computer, not the network.
> 
> I am leaning toward B, but I am not sure why. Thoughts?

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