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What not to write when you have no content

Subject: What not to write when you have no content
From: "Suzette Leeming" <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Keith Hood" <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:09:54 -0400

I wonder where I can get a copy to give my daughter!

On 8/16/06, Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

I saw an article on the Web and could not believe my
eyes until I went to the alleged source. I found this:

http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-08-15T201649Z_01_N15420743_RTRIDST_0_AIRLINES-NORTHWEST.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna


In the past, I've seen instances of writers using
greeking or other forms of meaningless content to bulk
out draft documents, in order to get a more accurate
page count for the final, or to get page breaks set in
advance. Sometimes, people forget to comb out their
spurious content - I think that is what we have here.
This highlights the need for outside reviews and for
writers to not try to edit their own work.

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Keith Hood
Senior (only) tech writer
ACS, Inc.


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