Re: Rhetoric And Technical Writing?

["Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Looks like you're both using a different definition of 'rhetoric'.
Given that, this discussion is pointless.

On 3/22/06, Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> --- Me Too <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>
> ...the actual use of training in rhetoric would be
> applicable in only a small fraction of technical
> documents. After all, technical docs are almost never
> intended to influence ways of thought or persuade
> people on how to decide things.
>
> Tony Markos responds:
>
> I feel this way also, but I have been wrong before.
> Anyone care to estimate the percentage of time that
> rhetoric would "come into play" in a tech comm
> project?

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