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Subject:RE: that vs who From:<Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:19:25 -0700
Now that you mention it, I believe I HAVE seen such conclaves. And I
have wished we...I mean...they would just shut-up and get the work done.
Point taken.
-BH
-----Original Message----- From: Gene Kim-Eng
My experience has been that a group of writers usually picks the worst
possible time to get itself into these discussions, usually while
everyone else is chasing a deadline and people are screaming for the
release of a final edit.
The best time and place for writers to hash issues like this out is
during a postmortem on a completed project, preferably at an offsite
location that serves chicken wings during the evening happy hour.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com>
> Hey...everybody should have a hobby.
>
> But (not so) seriously, I think we SHOULD be known as a group that
> cares
> about the finer points of language. (Let the world be afraid to speak
> in
> our presence!) And those who consider that care to be bogging-down,
> well
> I guess it's better than seeing us as sloppy -- which is easy for most
> people to believe when you consider what passes for "technical
> writing"
> in the areas that most of the population is exposed to: Instructions
> for
> the care and feeding of household products and appliances.
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