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Subject:RE: Carrying out From:"Jones, John B." <jj7018 -at- att -dot- com> To:"Janice Gelb" <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>,<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 23 May 2007 17:16:54 -0400
MSTP says not to use the 'on.'
John B Jones
Technical Writer
Reachview Technologies
AT&T Service Assurance
Atlanta, GA
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Subject: Re: Carrying out
Kathleen MacDowell wrote:
> As an aside, I always avoid using a formulation like "Click Run,"
which I
> think is why I usually say click on Run or (xxx verb). I might even
say
> "click on the Run button" or whatever is suitable. I realize that this
> appears to be verbose, but I suspect that these types of constructions
are
> processed pretty quickly (mentally), whether the "the" and other
niceties
> are included or not. But, the advantage to including the extra
information
> is that there's no doubt about what to do, whereas with more terse
> constructions, there can sometimes be doubt.
>
> I'd be interested in hearing if anyone else agrees with me (maybe for
some
> situations?). From what I've seen, people appear to accept the terse
mode,
> especially in documenting software.
>
Just curious why you feel the "on" is necessary after
"click"? We generally say "Click OK" or the like for
really common buttons and add "the ... button" for button
names that might not be so obvious.
-- Janice
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