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Subject:Re: TECHWR-L Digest - 5 Nov 1995 to 6 Nov 1995 From:Robert Plamondon <robert -at- PLAMONDON -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 7 Nov 1995 19:29:49 PST
>I'm writing a page of corrections to a manual. What do you usually
>call such pages? Someone suggested "errata". Someone else thought
>Latin will only confuse our international readers. Any suggestions?
If you can't use latinate word, you can't use "index" or "appendix,"
either. "Errata" is in any halfway decent English-language dictionary;
where's the beef?
Even semi-illiterate readers will discover what an errata sheet is
by themselves, through the example you provide.
-- Robert
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