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Subject:The corrected version...(errata?) From:Ian Macdonald <imacd -at- PC -dot- JARING -dot- MY> Date:Mon, 13 Nov 1995 13:44:45 +0800
My definition:
"A technical writer presents often complex information and presents it in an
appropriate format for the target audience"
should have read:
"A technical writer presents, often complex, information in an
appropriate format for the target audience"
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