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Subject:Re: Examples of bad manual text From:GINGER <GINGER -at- PRODIGY -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 13 Mar 1997 12:20:11 -0600
Peter Ring wrote:
<I am primarily looking for examples of instructions written as long
complicated sentences with or without the use of passive voice.
Are there any websites which contain such examples?>
There is a great little book called Revising Business Prose, Third
Edition by Richard A. Lanham that has some very convoluted sentences.
There is also a Self-Teaching Exercise Book that goes with it (ISBN
0-02-367480-6), and a videotape (ISDN 0-02-367182-3). Hope this helps.
Ginger Jones
ginger -at- prodigy -dot- net
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