RE: Prolegomenon vs. Preface

Subject: RE: Prolegomenon vs. Preface
From: John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>
To: 'Jenny Igoe' <jenny -at- fgm -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 13:25:13 -0400

>I'm curious...does anyone know the difference
>between "prolegomenon" and "preface" (which
>is not mentioned in the MW explanation)? Are
>they interchangeable, and one is just more
>common?

Prolegomenon? damn...I KNEW not getting my PhD in technical writing was
going to bite me in the butt later.

John Posada
Special Projects
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com


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