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Subject:RE: one word, not "if", for "as long as" From:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> To:'Lauren' <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>, "'techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:48:49 +0000
Sometimes avoiding "you" is clumsier than simply using it.
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Subject: Re: one word, not "if", for "as long as"
On 4/23/2012 11:31 AM, Laura Lemay wrote:
> On 4/23/12 10:03 AM, "Monique Semp" <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net> wrote:
>> ³The subdomains can be
>> different as long as the top level domains are the same.²
> You can use different subdomains but the top level domain must be the
> same.
"You"? I prefer to avoid pronoun references in technical documentation.
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