Re: "You may click" vs. "Click"

Subject: Re: "You may click" vs. "Click"
From: Laurie D Mann <lm3k+ -at- ANDREW -dot- CMU -dot- EDU>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 07:37:50 -0400

When writing directions, brevity and clarity are important. Any extra
words can get in the way. I even avoid "you" most of the time, and
write many sentences beginning with a verb (Press this, Click on that,
Type this, etc.).

**Laurie D. Mann, Technical Writer, Carnegie Mellon University**
***lm3k+ -at- andrew -dot- cmu -dot- edu****Pithy saying under deconstruction.***


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