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Subject:Re: Proper noun use From:Susan Gerhart <susang -at- CTIW -dot- CFER -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 24 Mar 1995 08:06:00 PST
I use both forms to vary the look and sound of the documentation. I believe
both forms are correct.
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From: TECHWR-L
To: Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L
Subject: Proper noun use
Date: Fri, Mar 24, 1995 9:19AM
It looks like most reference books don't cover this question, so we're
turning
to the list for help.
The situation where we work is that a new product is being released, for
which
we are writing online and paper documentation. Our problem relates to the
way
we should refer to the product when we use its full name (the proper noun).
The
name is three words long. For example, do we say
"X Y Z can do some amazing stuff."
"The X Y Z can do some amazing stuff."
It really gets down to if there should be a *the* before a proper noun. At
first
it may seem a simple question, but trying it with lots of proper nouns we
are
no
longer sure what to write.
Your help is muchly appreaciated.
TVMIA
Sonja
sonja -at- hpato -dot- aus -dot- hp -dot- com
