Re: Re: to The or not to The.....

Subject: Re: Re: to The or not to The.....
From: Susan W. Gallagher <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:27:50 -0400


I agree. I'm having a similar issue here. Everyone wants to
prepend "the" to the product name. My edit finger's getting
itchy! <g>

You don't say "I used the Microsoft Word to type this" or
"My mail application is the Microsoft Outlook" or "I created this in the Corel DRAW", so why would you add "the" to /your/ product name?

-Sue Gallagher
>
> From: hls_ut -at- comcast -dot- net
> Look around you. Look at software, hardware, cars, household goods, etc. How
> many names of products you see out there dragging around a stuffy,
> self-important, 5th wheel "The"? All the other products will laugh at it.
>
> Nobody outside your company--probably that one department--cares about "The" as
> part of the name. Very few of them will ever write it correctly.
>
> Also, "The" as the first part of any name tends to create awkwardness in
> writing.



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