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Subject:America v. Japan From:George Mena <George -dot- Mena -at- ESSTECH -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 21 May 1998 14:11:00 -0700
Julie Knoeller wrote:
>There are few things more embarrassing to a pubs department than
getting a reader-comment >form back from Japan with a grammar or
spelling error noted on it.
I'm always amazed how we Americans are told we never have enough time to
do a job right the first time, but we've always got enough time to do a
job over.
I think there's a message here for us, folks.
George Mena
Technical Writing Consultant
George -dot- Mena -at- esstech -dot- com
