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RE: What is happening to us -- was RE: What's wrong with this headline?
Subject:RE: What is happening to us -- was RE: What's wrong with this headline? From:Kat Kuvinka <katkuvinka -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:41:03 -0400
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> I'd love to agree, but really, where? Where is writing taken seriously?
When you get good feedback from your users, your peers, your employers for excellent communication.
> The fact of the matter is this: when it comes to writing, most people
> are terrible. I mean really, really terrible. There - I said it. Shoot
> me.
It's a valid observation. Apparently, it some situations, it is possible to communicate effectively through terrible writing, using generably terrible language.
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