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I'm not sure what you'd bookmark it under for future reference, but I do thinkÂ
it's a good idea to do so...
Our short discussion addressed a situation not addressed by the earlier
discussion of employing (or not employing) the word "user":
The case where docs require aÂreasonable third-person substitute for the word
>"user"Âwhen the audience for theÂdoc isÂsystem admins, system integrators,
>programmers, or others settingÂup a system or product for multipleÂuser typesÂ
>with distinct roles.Â
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From: Milan DavidoviÄ <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Friday, September 9, 2011 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: earlier discussions of "user" (was: Grammar - The Gotcha Microsoft Gives)
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Ruth Sessions
<ruthsessions03051 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> Milan:
> Thanks for the referral to the old discussions on the word "you" replacing
> the word "user." I have also addressed the user with "you" for lo these 20
> years, butÂI do think my post today is NOT redundant with the old
> discussions from 1993 that I just perused...
So, are you saying that the current thread has definitely advanced our
thinking on the subject and that we should bookmark it for future
reference should the subject come up again?
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