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Re: Why not use "learner" instead of "user"

Subject: Re: Why not use "learner" instead of "user"
From: "Kathleen MacDowell" <kathleen -at- writefortheuser -dot- com>
To: "Craig Cardimon" <cardimon720 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:46:03 -0600

Perhaps I'm missing something, but a person using documentation is
not necessarily a learner.

OTOH: I find the term "user" somewhat ill-begotten, although the best
alternative I've been able to generate is "reader."

my $0.02


On 11/21/06, Craig Cardimon <cardimon720 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:


I saw it in an article in Susan Bilheimer's ebook, "How to Become a
Technical Writer."

-- Craig


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Kathleen MacDowell
www.writefortheuser.com
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