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Subject:Re: contractions in writing From:Laura Johnson <lauraj -at- CND -dot- HP -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 26 Sep 1994 17:15:01 GMT
K Hindall (kkh2 -at- cornell -dot- edu) wrote:
:... while I agree that contractions are not popular in formal writing, I
: doubt translation is the reason.
For a non-native English speaker reading an English manual, contractions
may be somewhat difficult. I might nonetheless use the most common
contractions (don't, isn't) in places where *not* using them seems
stilted.
--
Laura Johnson * lauraj -at- fc -dot- hp -dot- com * Hewlett Packard NSMD * Ft. Collins, CO
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