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Subject:Re: The GUI shall do... From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:32:11 -0800
You're preaching to the choir, Anne. I'm looking for the thread regarding
this, especially as it pertains to the government backing away from this
anachronistic standard.
Thx
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Anne Robotti <arobotti -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> I personally would fight to the death if anyone tried to make me use it.
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> But that's just me....
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> Anne
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> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:
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>> Does anyone remember a thread here sometime last year about the use of
>> "shall" in documentation (e.g., software GUI specs)?
>>
>> Thanks
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>> > Chris
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