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> > Something we have a lot of in our audiences. If you remember your
> > basic intro to tech writing classes, they tell you to write
> at about a
>
> > 6th grade level.
>
> I think that's a very condescending and obnoxious thing to
> say. And it's
> probably a root cause of the "users is soooooo stupid" attitude that
> makes a lot of engineers and tech writers unbearable, IMO. If you're
> writing for adults who are brand new users of a technology or product,
> you have to be particularly clear about each step, which you should be
> anyway. There's no reason to term that "a sixth grade level"
> and it sets
> up bad karma.
>
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