Re: to The or not to The.....

Subject: Re: to The or not to The.....
From: "Chris Christner" <cchris -at- toptechwriter -dot- us>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 09:49:01 -0600


Hi Victoria,

"The Widget XYZ" is more formal, so if that's your company's writing
style, that's what I'd use. Otherwise, I'd drop the "The".

Hope this help,
Chris
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> I know I've seen discussions on the subject of "the" before, and it
> looks like we're about to have a go-round with marketing about the
> correct terminology for our products.
>
> In the past, speaking about our Widget XYZ (a combined software/hardware
> solution-type thing) I've leaned towards calling it "Widget XYZ". It's
> our product, trademark and all, and darn it I like the Microsoft Manual
> of Style. Marketing, it appears, calls it "the Widget XYZ". There is
> no style guide or tablets from the mountain top to clear up this issue.

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