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Re: Font Selection, Name Changes, and Fainting Goats
Subject:Re: Font Selection, Name Changes, and Fainting Goats From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 24 Apr 2002 10:50:12 -0700 (PDT)
Easy solution...make it a policy to never use your company name,
company product, or trademarked name as an adjective.
Instead of
> "The CoolThing system enables the accomplishment of miracles,".<
It would be "CoolThing enables the accomplishment....
or
"A system called CoolThing enables the accomplishment...
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