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RE: Usage of second person or third person when writing procedure s
Subject:RE: Usage of second person or third person when writing procedure s From:"Wollt, Richard C" <Richard -dot- Wollt -at- UNISYS -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:25:32 -0500
Thirty years ago, most instructions were written in third person. Modern
usage leans heavily toward using second person, or implied second person.
(At least in my experience.
Your second example seems to me to be passive voice rather than third
person.
Richard Wollt
Unisys Product Information
richard -dot- wollt -at- unisys -dot- com
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