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Date: November 15.1994
To: Any and all editors out there
From: NLNDA, a graduate student in Technical Communication
Subject: Style guides
Even though I've already sent this once, and have received
several responses, I really need more.
I sure would appreciate it if any editor who reads this
message would respond to this little survey so that I will
have enough original research to add to an article I am
writing. I was told that you can just copy the survey to a
file, fill in the blanks, and then send the file back to me:
nlnda -at- ttacs -dot- ttu -dot- edu -dot- As you know, the more editors who
respond, the more accurate my statistics will be. Thanks
again for your help. And thanks to all who already
responded. I will send results in December.
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Style guide Survey
1. Your e-mail address:
2. Your job title:
3. Short job description:
4. Your place of business:
5. Name of primary commercial style guide used at your place
of business:
6. Why do you use this one?
7. Do you have a RpersonalizedS style guide (one written
specifically for your business)?
8. Why? or Why not?
9. & 10. From your experience, IF your business has its own
RpersonalizedS style guide, what are the two most-used
entries in it?
(If you donUt use a RpersonalizedS style guide, leave these
blank.)
11. & 12. From your experience, what are the two most-used
entries in the commercial style guide used at your business?
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Please try to respond before Thursday, November 17, 1994 (my
birthday.)
Thanks so much for your help and time in answering and
returning the survey to me at: