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Subject:Re: Correct or Incorrect From:"Kathleen Galvin (S&T Onsite)" <a-kgalv -at- MICROSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 11 Dec 1998 13:58:07 -0800
Linguistically, these things are not up for grabs.
Kathy Galvin
Technical Writer
PBS Web Team
(425) 703-2255, x-19714
I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar -Benjamin Disraeli
-----Original Message-----
From: David Downing [mailto:DowningLst -at- AOL -dot- COM]
Sent: Friday, December 11, 1998 1:24 PM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Re: Correct or Incorrect
I think it's partly a matter of individual company's styles,
although the
general trend these days is toward single words. I'd prefer
"User*'s* Guide"
given the choice
