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Subject:Re: Wordiness and Complete Sentences (#462386) From:Bill Burns <wburns -at- MICRON -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:34:25 MDT
20-JUN-1996 13:43:16.51
Sorry, folks. Glitch on my part. *Wholistic* should be *holistic*.
Thanks, Elsa, for bringing the oversight to my attention so tactfully.
Bill
wburns -at- micron -dot- com
>If you were writing for a broader audience, I'd suggest designing your
>documentation for both types of learners. Since you are addressing an audience
>of wholistic learners, I'd take the advice of your resident linguist. (It
falls
>in line with one of J. Paul Grice's conversational implicatures--provide only
>information that is relevant and necessary.)
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