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Subject:RE: Guidelines for using "e" in front of terms? From:"Wilcox, Rose (ZB5646)" <Rose -dot- Wilcox -at- pinnaclewest -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:03:30 -0700
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Don't be concerned. Editing is editing. At the risk of over-simplifying, the
only differences between hardcopy and on-line editing are:
1. On-line, you may have a spelling and grammar checker. Use them, but don't
imagine that your editing is over, or even accurate, after you have.
2. Practically no one edits on-line reliably. If you want to edit reliably
and thoroughly, print it out.
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While both of these are true there is also a difference between editing copy
written for on-line presentation vs. editing copy for paper. Although it
is true that the paring down of verbiage that makes for crisp on-line
presentation can also help paper documentation, I would still make a
distinction in that sense.
Rose A. Wilcox
Project Office / Power Trading
Rose -dot- Wilcox -at- PinnacleWest -dot- com
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