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Re: Retaining author's voice, was How to Use English PunctuationCorrectly - wikiHow
Subject:Re: Retaining author's voice, was How to Use English PunctuationCorrectly - wikiHow From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:47:13 -0700
Most of the people I work with *want* me to change the "voice"
of their documents, and hire me because they like mine better than
their own...
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "Sandra Carden, Carden Works, LLC" <src -at- cardenworks -dot- com>
> Lauren asks if any writers on this forum identify with Louis
> Menand's comments (in his review of Eats, Shoots, & Leaves) about
> authors' concern regarding their voice being retained in their writings.
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