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Subject:Re: Grammar? YES! From:John David Hickey <jdavid -at- FARABI -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:23:08 -0400
Greetings!
>Tony Markatos responds to Dan Wise (see Dan's original posting below)
>I write procedural infor. for software systems. I say that there are a
>lot of grammar rules that can be disregarded in creating such. I base
>my case on the following:
Have you had your work reviewed by a professional editor? Have you had any
feedback from your readers? You may have a natural grasp of the language,
but without understanding the mechanics of English (or any other language),
you can never know if you are really writing correctly or not.
If you have a proper understanding of the mechanics, you can be a better of
judge of knowing when to bend the rules to fit your particular situations.
If you don't, then you'll just be shooting in the dark hoping that you'll
hit the target but never really sure if you did.
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Be seeing you,
Dave
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