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Subject:Re: Is it just me...? From:Sue Heim <SUE -at- RIS -dot- RISINC -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 23 May 1995 09:18:27 PST
David wondered:
> > I'm reading some documentation for the new programming language I just
> > bought, and am finding that I can barely keep from reaching for the red
> > pen--the problems in the writing are small (extra commas in weird
> > places), but I find that they're hard to pass up. I'm a new graduate of
> > the technical writing program at SFSU, so I'm wondering if this urge ever
> > goes away?
To which Stephen replied:
> "No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's
draft."
> - H.G. Wells
I have the same problem, even when I'm reading fiction (I'll be
reading and notice a glaring grammatical or typographical error and
have this insane craving to write the editor).
I also have a sign hanging in my office. This is a quote attributed
to Mark Twain (and it is oh, so true!!):
"There is no urge so great as for one man to edit another man's work"
I think this applies to the programmer's I work with, with whom I'm
constantly arguing about their incorrect grammatical corrections!!
...sue
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Sue Heim
Research Information Systems
Email: Sue -at- ris -dot- risinc -dot- com
