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Subject:Re: LISTBIZ: Consistency in Topic Headings From:Vanessa Wilburn <vlwilburn -at- CPU -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 15 Jul 1996 08:55:10 -0500
>From: Kat Nagel/MasterWork <katnagel -at- EZNET -dot- NET>
>Lost the name of the person who wrote this:
...SNIP...
>stumpers-l uses a handy typographical shortcut to indicate queries and answers:
> ? is the first character in the subject line for a QUESTION
...SNIP...
>COPYEDITING-L has a set of tags that have been very helpful. I have edited
>them to make them more appropriate for this list, and added a few
>TECHWR-specific suggestions as well:
>Practical help needed/offered:
> Specific problems:
> USAGE: usage or grammar issue
> STYLE: style issue
...SNIP...
I found the Copyediting List subject headers very useful. It would make
reading this high volume list much easier. I prefer the Copyediting-l style
to the stumpers-l simply because I don't have to learn (and remember!) what
the symbols signify.
Vanessa Wilburn
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