Re: extra words: unnecessary or educational?

Subject: Re: extra words: unnecessary or educational?
From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info>
To: <pdenchfield -at- yahoo -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 19:59:45 -0400


To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>

>
> A
> When you access the transmission program from a connected workstation, you
> can transfer files from the system's hard disk to the workstation or in
> the reverse direction (from workstation to hard disk).
>
> B
> When you access the transmission program from a connected workstation, you
> can transfer files from the system's hard disk to the workstation or in
> the reverse direction.
>
> C
> When you access the transmission program from a connected workstation, you
> can transfer files from the system's hard disk to the workstation or from
> the workstation to the hard disk.
>

I think C is the clearest. There seems no need to use the words "in the
reverse direction" at all.

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