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Subject:Re: Dumbing it down From:John Cornellier <cornelli -at- CLAMART -dot- SRPC -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 9 Dec 1998 09:43:50 +0100
>Another way of thinking about writing simply and clearly is to picture
yourself
>giving instructions to an older relative who's very intelligent, just not
very
>knowledgeable about your subject.
Another good analogy is to picture youself giving instructions to someone
who speaks English as a second language. I've noticed in my travels that
some people have an almost instinctive aptitude for speaking to
language-learners, while others "just talk louder".
John Cornellier
cornelli -at- clamart -dot- srpc -dot- slb -dot- com
