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Subject:Re: Use of "Please" and the Like in Documentation From:"Scott Bulloch" <scott -dot- bulloch -at- gmail -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:27:32 -0700
I'm with Al on this one. In fact, our company's doc standards &
guidelines specifically addresses it and forbids its use in
documentation.
I can't tell you how often I have to remove it from our documents.
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi Barbara,
>
> "Please" is superfluous in your example. I try to stay away from words like
> "please," "thank you," and "mother may I" in my technical writing.
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