Re: "Choose" vs. "Press"

Subject: Re: "Choose" vs. "Press"
From: Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 06:22:52 -0800 (PST)


> This one's easy. [make a monkey out of your
> colleague]

Paraphrasing was mine.

Those were the worst suggestions you could have
possibly given a new tech writer, and here's why:

A new writer is expected to learn the ropes. The other
writer's been doing this, we presume, for a while.
There is no mention of an existing style guide. There
is no mention of just how senior this other writer is.

In short, you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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(because life is too short to be inept)

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immediately put a hand on your wallet and cover your groin."
-- Geoff Hart

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