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> Consider the statement RTFM not as a matter of personal morality but as
> a tech writing issue:
>
> 1. Prime Directive: Consider the audience. By including the F, you make
> a gross assumption about your audience, whether they be your readers or
> fellow writers. You assume that they swear, or at least that they will
> have some appreciation for your use of it.
Er... did I miss something? Surely nobody is using RTFM in their docs? I
thought this was just amongst ourselves.
BTW, John, do you ever use "snafu?" :-)
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org
Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education
Stillwater, OK, USA http://www.okvotech.org/cimc/home.htm
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