Re: The Gerund

["Elisa R. Sawyer" <elisawyer -at- gmail -dot- com>]

It's actually a style thing. Using gerunds has been popular in the past and
might be coming back into style.

I prefer to use the imperative.

On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 7:13âPM Carolyn Palo <carolynpalo -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My training and experience as a tech writer has always been "against the
> gerund."  Where I am working now, the gerund is everywhere and I brought up
> the topic.  It will be a topic for the next website release where doc and
> training info are available.  I was surprised there were so many and no one
> on my team thought about it.
>
> I checked out the DITA site (https://www.dita-ot.org/dev/) for comparison,
> and also saw many gerunds.  I am surprised.
>
> Besides the issues of translation costs, wondering what the general feel is
> about using them in online documentation for a global audience?
>
> Thank you,
> Carolyn
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