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RE: A better way to say?

Subject: RE: A better way to say?
From: "walden miller" <wmiller -at- vidiom -dot- com>
To: <Donkeyxote -at- aol -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:21:10 -0600

> I'm suffering from brain slump and seek help rephrasing the
> following sentence:
>
> "Formatter configuration files are not designed to be modified."

Why not get rid of the passive and use the imperative:

Do not modify the Formatter config files.

Then explain the reason.

Walden Miller
Manager, Technical Documentation
Vidiom Systems
Boulder, Colorado




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