RE: Can style trump grammar rules?

Subject: RE: Can style trump grammar rules?
From: "McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>
To: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 23:40:18 -0400

I dunno.... I instantly picked up on the missing "G" :-)

Again, I don't see a problem if it's just in headings, if somebody wants that style.
Not in body text. That would be painful.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Lauriston
Sent: July-29-14 2:46 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Can style trump grammar rules?

"ALL CAPITALS. AVOID THEM. THEY IMPAIR READABILITY BECAUSE THE EYE CANNOT EASILY DISTINGUISH AMON CHARACTERS THAT ARE ALL OF A UNIFORM SIZE."âGarner

On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Shawn <shawn -at- cohodata -dot- com> wrote:
> BTW, what are your thoughts about all UPPERCASE text? I don't believe
> there are issues doing it that way.



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Can style trump grammar rules?: From: Shawn
Re: Can style trump grammar rules?: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: Can style trump grammar rules?: From: Shawn
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