RE: What is More Important?

Subject: RE: What is More Important?
From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 10:47:14 -0400


> From:
> techwr-l-bounces+bgranat=granatedit -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+bgranat=granatedit -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l
> .com] On Behalf Of richard -dot- melanson -at- us -dot- tel -dot- com

>
> OK, fair enough. Well written = understandable English, the
> occasional missing comma, active/passive voice used
> inconsistently, about what a current college grad could write.


So "technically accurate" must mean "not understandable English," right,
according to your clarification above?

How could something that is not understandable be accurate?

It's disappointing that you are equating errors and inconsistency with good
writing.

> Technically accurate = The manual could be used to, lets say,
> to build a back yard storage shed from scratch w/o any
> additional instructions. How's that. :-)
> Rick
>

But it's not understandable?


Bonnie Granat
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