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Subject:Alternative way to say strongly? From:Jennifer Hines <jenn -at- NDIGITAL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:55:00 EST5DST
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on an alternative way to say "strongly
recommends."
I am writing a user manual that at some point in the future will be translated into a
number of different languages. Included in this document is a warning beginning with
the words, "So and So strongly recommends yadda, yadda, yadda" and I am afraid
that "strongly" will lose meaning through interpretation. I've looked at many different
word sources (dictionary, thesaurus) and come up with other words that I can
substitute, but still seem to lose meaning through translation. If anyone has
encountered and solved this problem, I'd love to know how you did it.
