Re: gender issues and using 'you'

Subject: Re: gender issues and using 'you'
From: David Ibbetson <ibbetson -at- IDIRECT -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 22:11:17 -0500

>>Personally, I think it lends a human touch to say "If you are formatting a
>>PCMCIA card, [blah blah blah] rather than just, "If formatting a PCMCIA
>>card..."

I think I'd write "To format a PCMCIA card ..."

David (idiot boy) Ibbetson
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