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Subject:Re: Is it just me...? From:Stephen Victor <svictor -at- LGC -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 23 May 1995 10:24:17 CDT
> I'm reading some documentation for the new programming language I just
> bought, and am finding that I can barely keep from reaching for the red
> pen--the problems in the writing are small (extra commas in weird
> places), but I find that they're hard to pass up. I'm a new graduate of
> the technical writing program at SFSU, so I'm wondering if this urge ever
> goes away?
"No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft."
- H.G. Wells
So true. To this day, I can't resist the urge.
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Landmark Graphics Corporation http://www.cda.ulpgc.es/steve.html
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