RE: Yet another nitpicky style question

["Lauren" <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>]

My response would probably go like, "Hey, Reader! So Personal Identification
Number Number doesn't sound repetitive to you?  Hmm.  I underestimated the
ability of readers to understand without excessive repetition.  I shall
repeat. Hey, Reader!..."

Lauren 

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> Behalf Of Brasel, Russell
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 6:56 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Yet another nitpicky style question
> 
> Good morning, everyone!
> 
> I'm currently creating definitions for 650+ database 
> attributes, and I know someone down the road is going to say, 
> "Hey, Writer!  Shouldn't this be 'PIN number,' not just 
> 'PIN'?"  The same scenario applies for SSN.  Both 
> abbreviations appear frequently through the database, so I 
> need to defend myself.  Am I being overly anal-retentive?  
> After all, Number is included in the abbreviation.  
> 
> Or perhaps I need more coffee, which is an easily solved problem.
> 
> Russell Brasel
> Technical Writer
> Dent-A-Med, Inc. d/b/a The HELPCard
> russell -dot- brasel -at- hccredit -dot- com
> 
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