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From: "T. Mazza" <tmazz -at- KODIAK -dot- ADAMS -dot- COM>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 12:46:18 -0500

On Jan 6, 11:09am, Susan Vineyard wrote:
> Subject:
> 1. Does ANYBODY use the terminology "the user" as in "the user must first
> push in on button" rather than"you" in on-line documentation?

YES!!! An engineer I work with uses "the user", "you", and "the engineer", all
in one paragraph, to refer to the same person! :-O

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Theodora Mazza (tmazz -at- adams -dot- com)
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