RE: Grammer question

Subject: RE: Grammer question
From: "Sean Brierley" <sbrierley -at- Accu-Time -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:47:45 -0400

You can run ingest jobs from any networked computer.

A and B are less clear than they could be because they are too verbose.

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Thanks, but the reformulation totally misses the idea. I chose the
indicative mood on purpose. I am not writing a procedure, so I don't
think the imperative mood is best.



Leonard

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From: Kerstin Peterson [mailto:kerstin -dot- peterson -at- gmail -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:28 AM
To: Leonard C. Porrello; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Grammer question



Run ingest jobs from any network-compliant computer.

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Leonard C. Porrello
<Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com> wrote:

I can't decide which of the following two expressions is preferable:


A. You can run ingest jobs from any computer that meets requirements in
your network.


Vs.


B. You can run ingest jobs from any computer in your network that meets
requirements.


The requirements mentioned pertain to the computer, not the network.


I am leaning toward B, but I am not sure why. Thoughts?
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