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Subject:Re: re. Report on how kid From:"Westra, Kayla L." <13718westr -at- KCPBLDG01 -dot- BV -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 16 Aug 1994 08:35:00 CDT
I swore off red pens several years ago. My favorite color to mark in is
blue!
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From: TECHWR-L
To: Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: re. Report on how kid
Date: Tuesday, August 16, 1994 5:46AM
>> kids <snip> wouldn't get back a paper covered with red ink.
Have you ever tried editing/correcting with pencil? green ink? blue ink?
pictures?
Some of the people I work with still cringe when they see red on the page.
It's pretty traumatic for some.
