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Subject:Re: What the f -at- #$? From:Laura Johnson <lauraj -at- CND -dot- HP -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 3 Aug 1994 22:41:33 GMT
Mike Pope (mikep -at- asymetrix -dot- com) wrote:
: Do you find that you use these words a lot in your technical writing? No?!
: Not
: even when they are *precisely* the correct word? Example error message:
: Damn! File not open.
Which is better:
1)
Your files have been destroyed.
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| OK |
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or 2)
Your files have been destroyed.
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| Shit. |
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