Re: Is it just me...?

Subject: Re: Is it just me...?
From: Sue Heim <SUE -at- RIS -dot- RISINC -dot- COM>
Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 09:18:27 PST

David wondered:
> > 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?

To which Stephen replied:
> "No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's
draft."

> - H.G. Wells

I have the same problem, even when I'm reading fiction (I'll be
reading and notice a glaring grammatical or typographical error and
have this insane craving to write the editor).

I also have a sign hanging in my office. This is a quote attributed
to Mark Twain (and it is oh, so true!!):

"There is no urge so great as for one man to edit another man's work"

I think this applies to the programmer's I work with, with whom I'm
constantly arguing about their incorrect grammatical corrections!!

...sue
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Sue Heim
Research Information Systems
Email: Sue -at- ris -dot- risinc -dot- com


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