RE: Contest: Worst Sentence of the Day

[kmurri -at- comcast -dot- net]

Just one? I'm currently rewriting project descriptions written by engineers. Each one seems worse than the last. This one is fairly respresentative. 

". . . provided full integrated systems commissioning (Cx) services relating to the MEP/Process, BSL-3 Lab systems and approx. 2,530 sq.ft. of c-100 clean room areas of gowning, inspection dry/wet etching thin film, and staging for ClientName for this multiple story, 65,000 sq.ft. / $35 million building."

[bangs head against desk]
-Karen

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From: "Pinkham, Jim" <Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com> 

> The clearance is adjusted by an electro-mechanical adjustment device 
> controlled by a permanent setpoint/actual value comparison in the 
> distributed control system. 
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> Behalf Of Chris McQueen 
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 1:51 PM 
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> Subject: RE: Contest: Worst Sentence of the Day 
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> Nancy wrote: <> RFCs to be evaluated for inclusion in the next release until the Release 
> Staging process occurs which is no later than two weeks prior to the 
> Release Initiation Date when development of the RFCs is initiated which 
> is four months prior to the scheduled Version Release Date.>> 
> 
> Chris writes: Breathe, breathe, for God's 
> sake, BREATHE! 
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