POLL: A question of rhetoric (not a rhetorical question)

["Roy Jacobsen" <rjacobse -at- microsoft -dot- com>]

I'm satisfying my curiosity here. When discussing the limitations (as
opposed to the capabilities) of a product, do you favor positive
phrasing (e.g. "You can assign at item to only one group.") or negative
(e.g. "You can't assign an item to more than one group.")?

In thecontext of discussing the limitations of a product, which conveys
the information most clearly and forcefully?


Roy M. Jacobsen 
Senior Editor, Documentation 
Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions 
One Lonetree Road 
Fargo, ND 58104-3911 
USA 
rjacobse -at- microsoft -dot- com 
 
A fool and his money are soon partying.


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