RE: Pet Peeves

Subject: RE: Pet Peeves
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:32:28 -0400

Around here, we try to avoid passive instructions:

"You can fix problems with the setting by using RegEdit."
"You can use RegEdit to fix problems with the setting."
"Fix problems with the setting by using RegEdit."
"Use RegEdit to fix problems with the setting."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suzette Leeming
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:24 AM
> To: Brierley, Sean
> Cc: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Pet Peeves
>
> What's wrong with avoiding pronouns/gender issues by rewording it to
> something like this:
>
> "Any problems with the setting can be fixed using RegEdit."
>

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References:
Re: Pet Peeves: From: Chris Borokowski
Re: Pet Peeves: From: Gene Kim-Eng
RE: Pet Peeves: From: Brierley, Sean
Re: Pet Peeves: From: Suzette Leeming

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