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Subject:Re: Qualifications for an off shore writer? From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:21:05 -0800
That's fine if the section really is "well written," though
I would question whether something that is an inaccurate
description of whatever it's supposed to be documenting
can be called "well written;" maybe "well composed" or
"well formatted," but again, only if it really is.
I'm not doing people any favors by soft-pedaling their
poor performance, because I know the people I work
for won't. Better they hear it from me before it's too
late.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- users -dot- com>
> Well, yes, people need to take negative criticism in stride, but I still
> maintain that there are better and worse ways of giving it. There's a
> difference between saying, "This section is well written, but is an
> inaccurate description of the software's functionality," and saying,
> "Your getting paid to wire software documentation, not fiction. This
> sounds like you didn't even bother to run the software."
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