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Subject:Re: regarding the pardoning of her french From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sun, 15 Aug 2004 11:45:44 -0400
Lisa Wright wrote:
> Bonnie Granat wrote:
>
>>> why use the french phrase when, for example, "in the manner of" may
>>> not only suffice, but be more readily understood by her audience?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> "In the manner of" is not used in American English.
>
> Citations please--I'm not buying that without some backup.
>
I was wrong, Lisa. I don't see it a lot in technical communication,
though. It's a phrase I would never use, though. It's easier to say
"similar to" or "in the same way that" -- I didn't Google on it, but I
should have. It just doesn't sound idiomatic to me me. I'm curious what
my copyediting colleagues will say about it, so I'm going to post the
question on the copyediting list.
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