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In the latest issue (Autumn) of the Communicator (ISTC Journal) there was
an article which looked at the Dummies books from a linguistic point of
view and did some comparisons with more traditional manuals (e.g. compared
MS books with equivalent Dummies book). If anyone is interested they can
probably get a copy through the STC (reciprocal agreement via INTECOM - I
know I've got articles from the STC journal before now.
