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Re: A challenge to the definition of metadiscourse
Subject:Re: A challenge to the definition of metadiscourse From:"Huber, Mike" <mrhuber -at- SOFTWARE -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 27 Oct 1998 10:12:51 -0500
> From: Ben Kovitz [mailto:apteryx -at- CHISP -dot- NET]
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> This message, by the way, is metaconversation, usually a bad
> thing, so I'll stop right now.
I disagree. Metadiscourse, or metaconversation, is not bad. Usually
inappropriate to end-user documentation, but not bad. Often very worthwhile.
I think this discussion is going somewhere valuable.
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