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Re[2]: More allergic reactions... How would you...?
Subject:Re[2]: More allergic reactions... How would you...? From:Bonni Graham <Bonni_Graham_at_Enfin-SD -at- RELAY -dot- PROTEON -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 20 Jan 1994 17:13:00 EST
> "CAUTION--RISK OF FIRE
> DO NOT OPERATE HEATER WITHOUT FEET ATTACHED
> IN CORRECT POSITION"
>How would you clarify the caution above without getting
>too verbose?
>"CAUTION--RISK OF FIRE
>BE SURE THE HEATER'S FEET ARE ATTACHED
>IN CORRECT POSITION DURING OPERATION"
or call the heater's feet "base":
"Be sure the base is attached in correct position during operation"
Bonni Graham |
Technical Writer |
Easel Corporation, ENFIN Technology Lab | Never tell people how to
Bonni_Graham_at_Enfin-SD -at- relay -dot- proteon -dot- com | do things. Tell them
President, San Diego STC | what to do and they will
| surprise you with their
NOTE: apparently my email address needs | ingenuity.
to be typed exactly as it appears here, |
punctuation and all, or the system gets | --George Patton
upset. |
