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Re: I'd rather teach an engineer to write than a writer to engineer
Subject:Re: I'd rather teach an engineer to write than a writer to engineer From:Timothy Schablin <timothy -at- ESKIMO -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 26 Apr 1995 09:50:04 -0700
I agree with john.
It seems that people trained in writing think & use their minds
differently than people trained in engineering.
The only problem with engineers trying to write, though, is that many of
them get in a hurry & forget that others may not understand what they
write.
