RE: language usage preference

[Writers Book Mall <steve -at- writersbookmall -dot- com>]

Perhaps something like this:

To run the report:
* Define a time period.
* Define a location.
* Click <whatever>.

--- Bonnie Granat <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> wrote:

> > I am writing the same things over and over again
> so have become
> > confused, what would be better to use?
> > To run the report, define a time period and
> location.
> > Or
> > Define a time period and location to run the
> report.
> > (I prefer the first)
> > 
> 
> Both sentences are implying (not clearly stating)
> that at the millisecond I
> have done what's necessary to define a location
> (after I defined a time
> period), the report will run. There's nothing else I
> have to do but define
> those two things (which are presumably tasks that
> don't need any further
> explanation). Is this what you intend to say?
> 
> If the above is true, the first example is
> unambiguous. The second has a
> problematic use of "to" after "location" that can be
> read in at least two
> ways.
> 
> But if you don't mean the above, there are more
> significant problems than
> the structure of the sentence.
> 
> Bonnie Granat
> http://www.GranatEdit.com

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