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Subject:RE: "using" as a verb in a task heading From:"Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com> To:"Milan Davidovic" <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:26:46 -0700
The construct you suggest should be avoided for at least a couple of
reasons. First, if you have a list that is more than just two or three
items, "Using" makes scanning more difficult. Second, it is already
implied in the title of the section. Anyone who reads the heading easily
infers that "Method A" means "Use method A to verb the noun".
Leonard
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Subject: "using" as a verb in a task heading
Let's say you have a task -- for demonstration purposes only, we'll
call it Verbing the Noun. There are two ways of verbing the noun, so
one could construct headings as follows:
Verbing the Noun
Using Method A
Using Method B
As I was taught in my initial training, "using" is a poor choice for a
verb in a task heading (sound familiar? or is this just me?). In this
case, though, it may be okay. What do you think?
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