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On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:39 AM, <mbaker -at- analecta -dot- com> wrote:
> Ah! Good search-foo!
>
> While the trend is definitely towards more sentence-like search terms
> (especially with voice searching becoming more of a thing), that more
> query-like style can definitely dig up results sometimes.
>
> I took a different approach, searching broadly for the document itself. For
> some documents this is definitely the way to do. If you want to find the
> brochure for a Ford Edsel, for instance, searching "Brochure for Ford
> Edsel"
> will get it on the first try, but it won't find it on the Ford site. I
> should have tried this approach when the broad approach did not work. There
> are some amazing collections of old documents on the Web, but it is hit and
> miss what's out there and where you might find it.
>
> Of course, searching the Post site did not turn up the document itself, but
> it did turn up a citable reference to it, which is probably the next best
> thing.
>
> One of the things we have to remember as writers and information architects
> is that while readers are heavily search oriented, most don't have this
> level of search-foo.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+mbaker=analecta -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+mbaker=analecta -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf
> Of Jill Gallagher
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 2:19 PM
> To: Michael Wyland; Robert Lauriston; TECHWR-L Writing
> Subject: Re: Washington Post style guide from 1970s?
>
> Remove the e from "surely, I'll help" and we get "surly, I'll help."
>
> ;)
>
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> of Michael Wyland <michael -at- sumptionandwyland -dot- com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 12:01 PM
> To: Robert Lauriston; TECHWR-L Writing
> Subject: RE: Washington Post style guide from 1970s?
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> Thanks to everyone for finding the articles and the ombudsman. I didn't
> mean to start a fight on the list!
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