RE: Variety in Tech Writing (was: Display, Displays, or Appears)

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Kim-Eng
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 4:50 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Variety in Tech Writing (was: Display, 
> Displays, or Appears)
> 
> Practical points aside, I also wonder if I'm the only 
> person whose first thought on reading a document with 
> "variety" in its descriptions is that it was crafted by 
> multiple writers who are terribly bitter over the fact 
> that J.K. Rowling sold millions of Harry Potter books 
> while their novels got nothing but rejection letters...
> 

... or that it was written by a (shudder) committee...
... or that a succession of tech writers each tried to finish the thing,
and failed... 
... or that a middle-level manager mucked with it too much...

Actually, I've never had the pleasure of reading such a document. Can
someone point me to an example online?






























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