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> You seem, over time, to have shifted you position to the far more defensible
> position of saying that the writer has a duty to deliver accurate
> documentation but may not, in fact, be to blame for all errors. (If that's
> not your point, I'm not sure why you are now insisting so adamantly on the
> distinction between blame and duty.)
Yes. I have altered my tune, but that does not diminish its value.
> Frankly, this whole discussion has me worried. If writers of the caliber we
> are always claiming to be cannot recognize and process contextual ambiguity
> of this kind, no wonder we get no respect.
Yes, I agree. However, such is the case of on-line disucssions. Context and
ambiguity are historically difficult to communicate in on-line forums.
Andrew Plato
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