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RE: POLL: A question of rhetoric (not a rhetorical question)
Subject:RE: POLL: A question of rhetoric (not a rhetorical question) From:"Cadorette Johanne" <johanne -dot- cadorette -at- locusdialog -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:39:38 -0500
Personally, I avoid words like "don't" and "can't" because they sound
kind of alarmist, or like a slap on the wrist. In fact, I just now
replaced a bunch of "don't forget to activate your changes" to "remember
to activate your changes." There is no loss of integrity, and a positive
sentiment is communicated rather than a negative one.
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