RE: How to deal with incorrect editing

["Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com>]

Thanks, Peter. And before anyone else dons armor to defend the
User-in-Distress: The grammatically incorrect sentence ("These are fraud
emails") is just as easily understood as the corrected version.

All this time we thought we were beating a dead horse, and it turned out to
be a hamster.

Dan Goldstein

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter 
> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 4:29 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: How to deal with incorrect editing
> 
> Chuck Martin wrote:
> > 
> > I always try to emphasize that the goal is what's best for 
> users. And
> > explain how wordy and passive content makes information 
> harder to find. It
> > may actually dawn on them that we're actually an authority 
> on the concept.
> > 
> 
> The goal is what's best for the company. Without the company 
> there is no 
> paycheck. Of course the users must understand the documentation, but 
> what' best for them may not always be what's best for the company.
> 
> Peter

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