RE: POLL: A question of rhetoric (not a rhetorical question)

Subject: RE: POLL: A question of rhetoric (not a rhetorical question)
From: Marguerite Krupp <mkrupp -at- cisco -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 17:02:41 -0500

Interesting question, Roy.

IME, people (particularly tired and exasperated people) often tend to
"lose", that is overlook or ignore, the negative. They see the words they
want to see, and they are somehow blind to the "not".

So, unless you must have a strongly-worded warning NOT to do something, I'd
stick with the positive approach. It's shorter and more idiot-proof.

Marguerite

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