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Subject:Re: What's important From:Bonnie Granat <bgranat -at- LYNX -dot- DAC -dot- NEU -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 23 Jun 1997 19:17:33 +0000
> In a message dated 97-06-23 17:18:18 EDT, DATCC -at- CUNYVM -dot- CUNY -dot- EDU (David
> Tillyer, CUNY) writes:
>
> << What would you say was the most important thing for technical people
> to know about writing clearly and accurately? Do you have any tips
> that you give your technical, non-writer, colleagues? >>
> Read Strunk and White (Elements of Style).
>
> (Writin' be writin', by jiminy!)
>
Joseph M. Williams' _Style_ (ISBN 0-226-89915-2) might just be what
you're looking for.
Bonnie Granat
bgranat -at- lynx -dot- dac -dot- neu -dot- edu
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