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Re: Grammatical Sasquatch? Re: Grammatical foot in big mouth

Subject: Re: Grammatical Sasquatch? Re: Grammatical foot in big mouth
From: Marilynne Smith <marilyns -at- QUALCOMM -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:07:12 -0700

We've been through this again and again:

Both types are passionate about their way being right.

The way I see it, you either follow your company's style guide or your passions.  I would hesitate to say one was more right than the other.

Marilynne <who votes with the conservatives>

At 01:48 PM 7/26/99 , Tommy Green wrote:
>Oh wow...I was wondering when this little nag could be tossed around. As a
>recent Professional Writing Degree recipient, I was taught in college, as
>well as the rest of the world that there should always be two spaces after
>the period. As soon as I hit the fast-paced, exciting world of Tech Writing
>(Computer hardware/software), I found out that under NO circumstances will I
>EVER put two spaces after a period. When I said, "But, but..." the response
>was, "No buts...no exceptions." So...a part of my final editing process
>involves using the search and replace to take out any double spaces after a
>period.
>
>
>Back to work now
>
>Tommy D. Green
>Senior Technical Writer
>AESBUS Knowledge Solutions
>email: tgreen -at- aesbus -dot- com
>              togreen -at- swbell -dot- net
>              tommy -dot- green -at- compaq -dot- com
>
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