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Subject:Re: TECHWR-L Digest - 5 Oct 1993 to 6 Oct 1993 From:"Charles P. Campbell" <cpc -at- PRISM -dot- NMT -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 11 Oct 1993 14:35:15 MDT
Here's a one-liner for Thomas Barker's mug collection:
"Most writers try to economize the mental effort of the writer, not the reader."
--T.A. Rickard, _A Guide to Technical Writing_, 2nd ed., 1910.
_Plus ca change . . .
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