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Subject:Re: Really caring about communication From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:19:22 -0500
Andrew Plato wrote:
> "Bonnie Granat" wrote ...
>
>> Nonstandard writing makes readers stumble, particularly when the
>> content is technical. Therefore, while grammar and conventions are
>> certainly dispensable in fiction or opinion pieces, in technical
>> writing they are extremely important. There is no such thing as
>> getting the technical details "correct" but making the reader
>> stumble.
>
> Cart before horse. If the technical details are incorrect, then the
> perfection of the English is irrelevant.
>
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