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Subject:Re: Re[2]: More personable tech writing From:Margaret Gerard <margaret -at- TOSHIBA -dot- TIC -dot- OZ -dot- AU> Date:Thu, 11 Nov 1993 11:25:23 EST
One point raised in a previous post to this thread was the use
of contractions in making writing more "friendly".
I never use contractions in documentation unless I am quoting
conversation (maybe not even then) because, as far as I have been
able to discover here in Australia, contractions are NEVER taught
in ESL classes so a significant portion of the readership would
not understand them.
