Re: Need Your Opinions re Simplified English (Can I quote you?)

[kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com]

Gary wrote:

>By downgrading your writing to 'cater' to the uneducated you 
>corrupt and downgrade the language itself over time. By buying 
>into the concept that, since the un and under educated must be 
>'catered to' you become part of the problem and a contributor 
>to further degrading of the language.



Thanks for reminding me that it's the *language* that's important, not the
user.

I keep forgetting that. Sheesh - and I called myself a tech writer!



-Keith Cronin
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Tech writers. We're not defensive or anything. I swear I'll smack the next
person who calls me that.

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