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Re: Get a free proofreading checklist while they're hot
Subject:Re: Get a free proofreading checklist while they're hot From:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> To:Debbi Crum <debbi -dot- crum -at- yahoo -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 4 Apr 2014 11:23:54 -0700
Hey Debbi,
You didn't miss it. There's a typo in that the characters were missing. I
was going to bet that the PDF was created from of a web page, which
sometimes hides the & character.
-T
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Debbi Crum <debbi -dot- crum -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> Ah!
>
> It's Friday... I read that over and over and just didn't see it!
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Friday, April 4, 2014 1:52 PM, "Robart, Kay" <
> Kay -dot- Robart -at- tea -dot- state -dot- tx -dot- us> wrote:
>
> I am guessing it means don't use & and %.
>
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> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 12:47 PM
> To: Cardimon, Craig; 'techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com'
> Subject: Re: Get a free proofreading checklist while they're hot
>
> Am I missing something in the next to the last bullet under "Readability"?
>
> Spell out and, percent
>
> What does that mean?
> On Friday, April 4, 2014 12:18 PM, "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>
> wrote:
>
>http://www.badlanguage.net/proofreading-checklist
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>
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> Cordially,
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> Craig Cardimon | Technical Writer
> Marketing Systems Group
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