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Subject:Developers From:"Leona L. Magee-Dupree" <leona -dot- magee-dupree -at- CCBCC -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:04:13 -0500
I gave a copy of instructions to a developer and the developer ignored the
instructions and changed the sentences from active to passive. The
developer tried to edit the documentation. What does a technical writer
have to do to get feedback about the accuracy of a document and not "tid
bits" of how to write from someone who does not know how to write? Why do
developers do this? How should we react?
