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Subject:Re: Whose List Is It, Anyway? From:Bill DuBay <bill_dubay -at- PHOENIX -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 24 Jun 1997 11:00:27 PDT
They don't want to discuss core compentencies of technical writers on this
list, especially if it is in danger of becoming a certifiable skill. Egads!
Much better to stay clear of anything central to our profession.
Bill DuBay
Technical Writer
Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
email: bill_dubay -at- phoenix -dot- com
(714)790-2049 FAX: (714)790-2001 http://www.phoenix.com
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From: Documania <dcma -at- MAIL1 -dot- NAI -dot- NET>, on 6/24/97 3:26 AM:
First Kathy wrote:
>Before we start discussing any more grammar rules, please remember that
>there are way too many rules and exceptions to rules, and exceptions to
>exceptions, in our wonderful language (try teaching a non-reading adult
>to read, and you'll quickly learn this!) to discuss every nuance here.
>And this probably isn't even an appropriate forum for such a topic - is
>there a grammar listserv somewhere??!!
>
Then Mikki replied:
>We are writers. This is our list. Grammar is part of writing. Why *not*
>discuss grammar here?
What's interesting about this is, over on the Copyediting list the same
thing just came up, in reverse!
I subscribe to both because they overlap as well as discuss independent
elements of the entire craft of writing. Writing - editing - grammar -
spelling - formatting are so closely related that it's unrealistic to
consider one without the other.
For any of you techwhirlers interested in fine-point discussions of grammar
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