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RE: What do you do when there's nothing to do?- APOLOGY
Subject:RE: What do you do when there's nothing to do?- APOLOGY From:Michelle Vina-Baltsas <Michelle_Vina-Baltsas -at- datascope -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:40:06 -0500
My apologies to the group. I misread Edgar's email and thought he
correcting the post.
Fred Ridder <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>
03/07/2008 12:35 PM
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Michelle Vina-Baltsas <michelle_vina-baltsas -at- datascope -dot- com>
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RE: What do you do when there's nothing to do?
Umm, Edgar wasn't pointing out someone else's error, he was
correcting one of his own. Probably unnecessary in this case,
particularly since he has gone out of his way to tell us that he
is well on hs way to unwinding for the weekend. But not
gratuitous like Dori's correction of someone's use of "alright",
which all but the stodgiest authorities say is alright to use in
informal communication or written dialog.
> To: edgar -dot- b -dot- dsouza -at- gmail -dot- com; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: What do you do when there's nothing to do?
> From: Michelle_Vina-Baltsas -at- datascope -dot- com
> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:26:04 -0500
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> Did pointing out this error make you feel good? Was this really
necessary?
> I know we are all 'technical communicators' but does that mean that we
> cannot make the occasional typo in an email?
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> Thank you,
> Michelle Vina-Baltsas
> Senior Technical Writer
> Datascope Corporation, Patient Monitoring
> 201.995.8350
> michelle_vina-baltsas -at- datascope -dot- com
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> "Edgar D' Souza" <edgar -dot- b -dot- dsouza -at- gmail -dot- com>
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> 03/07/2008 12:20 PM
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> "Sarah L Blake" <sarah -dot- blake -at- exony -dot- com>
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> techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
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> Re: What do you do when there's nothing to do?
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> On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Edgar D' Souza
> <edgar -dot- b -dot- dsouza -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > ma'am" kind of affair. Still catching up on UF or Dilbert (or lotsa
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> Gah! Please insert a comma between "Still" and "catching".
> Thanks,
> Ed.
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