Re: The 'user' in User Manual
OMG! I read the manual for Test Director and nearly every sentence included
the word "you."
Using the pronoun with imperative voice is useful, but just a way of keeping the reader engaged, which (IMHO) is a problem more appropriate for the reader than the writer. Deadline pressures can bring out the obsessiveness of rule-driven writing--the old saw about foolish consistency applies here.
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