Re: Ten Technical Writing Stereotypes

Subject: Re: Ten Technical Writing Stereotypes
From: "Char James-Tanny" <charjtf -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 09:32:31 -0400

> Char, you asked where the stereotypes are coming from. They're coming from
> perceptions some college students have, as well as general sentiments I've
> sensed in discussions about technical writing. By the way, speaking of
> surveys, will you post the results of the HAT survey today?

I promised that they'd be available by mid-October from
http://www.hat-matrix.com, but I think it will be before that.

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Re: Ten Technical Writing Stereotypes: From: Evan Read
Re: Ten Technical Writing Stereotypes: From: Tom Johnson

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