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Re: Midol Moment or National Tragedy? You decide...
Subject:Re: Midol Moment or National Tragedy? You decide... From:"George Hinman" <techwriter -at- my-deja -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>, "Metzger Karen" <Metzger_Karen -at- prc -dot- com> Date:Thu, 11 Nov 1999 04:56:17 -0800
According to a lot of people on this list, all that really matters is that "industry" accepts the terminology as "normal." Proper useage is whatever the masses deem it to be, thus the grammar in your letter is perfectly acceptable. As long as you know a circuit from a "circus", you can be a successful technical writer.
Cynical Techwriter
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On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 05:10:42 Metzger Karen wrote:
Our proper
>grammar and spelling like the bell-bottoms whose time has come and gone?
>Should I start a national crusade against these Communist plot, or take
>refuge in a new career--perhaps one that uses Visual Basic instead off
>English?
>
>Please advice.
>Dreading Locusts and Wild Honey
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