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Subject:Re: No subject given From:Chris Welch-Hutchings <chutchings -at- NORDSON -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 26 Mar 1998 08:06:59 EST
>My writer's (sic) must have a good knowledge of electronic circuitry.
Ye Gods, if someone actually thinks "writer's" indicates the plural, they
need to take a few basic English grammar courses.
It's one thing for an engineer or programmer to make this kind of
grammatical error in their docs, but for a tech pubs person to do it is
pretty much inexcusable (IMHO).
I truly hope this person's department has a good editor who can correct
such mistakes before their docs go out the door.
Chris Welch-Hutchings
"jack of all tech pubs tools, and master of a few"
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