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Alun writes:
How big and messy a can of worms would I be opening
if I threw in the suggestion that most scientists and
engineers have read and used (not the same thing)
an order of magnitude more technical books and manuals
than most technical writers and many (ducking
here) technical writing teachers?
In which case, who are the experts?
I'm sorry Alun, but your point is lost on me. I have read _War and Peace_,
_Gone With the Wind_, and many, many other books of incredible worth and
beauty. Just because I have read them doesn't mean that I am capable of
producing such works. I can read music, too. But that doesn't make me a
concert musician.
Try again.
Janet
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