RE: OT: Documenting a "wizard"

Subject: RE: OT: Documenting a "wizard"
From: "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>
To: 'Gene Kim-Eng' <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>, 'Hannah Drake' <hannah -at- formulatrix -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 15:15:50 +0000

I have been using the phrase "User Guide" because that halts any discussions about possessives.

~~Craig

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Subject: Re: OT: Documenting a "wizard"

My preference is "User Guide." Possessives sometimes go through some very strange transformations in translation.

Gene Kim-Eng


On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 7:59 AM, Hannah Drake <hannah -at- formulatrix -dot- com> wrote:

>
>
> "User's Guide -- Because generally only one user has the guide in his
> hand at one time."
>
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References:
OT: Documenting a "wizard": From: Chris Morton
Re: OT: Documenting a "wizard": From: Hannah Drake
Re: OT: Documenting a "wizard": From: Gene Kim-Eng

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