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Subject:Re: Technical Writing Defined At Last From:"Metzger, Lucinda" <cmetzger -at- DUKANE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:31:04 -0600
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>At 01:47 PM 12/12/97 -0600, Erika Steffer wrote:
>>Perhaps the definition of TW as "The art of communication between man,
>>machine and animal" covered all writers and users 14 years ago. Today, it
>>seems to cover only half.
>>
And then Martha asked,
>So what's missing? What half does it cover, and what doesn't it cover?
How 'bout the fact that it says "MAN, machine and animal"? Within the
last 14 years, people have decided that it's important to communicate
with women, too! ;-)
