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Subject:Re: Gerunds in titles and headings From:Kate Schommer <KSchommer -at- METSYSENG -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:36:14 -0600
Okay, folks, how about this twist?
Tech writers in my department like to use the gerund form for headings in our manuals: "Adding a Note." However, our instructional designers have insisted that we use the form "Note Adding", or even better, "Note Addition", so that they can tack the word "Procedure" on the end in the related training materials.
Can anyone support my argument that "Procedure" is unnecessary in an OJT training guide that consists of nothing BUT procedures?!
Thanks from a digest lurker,
Kate
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