Re: Using Contractions in Software Manuals

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- YAHOO -dot- COM>]

Which, BTW...is one of the reason that I would rather
not use contractions in technical documentation.
Sometimes, peole do not know what is being contracted.

--- John Posada <jposada01 -at- YAHOO -dot- COM> wrote:
> Except it is a contraction of "would have", not
> "would
> of".
>
> --- Helen Cygnarowicz <helen -at- TIW -dot- COM> wrote:
> > I'd rather see "would've" than "would of" ...
> >
> > The person who made the point about "write for
> your
>
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