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Subject:Avoid the Semicolon in Tech Writing? From:Janet Vega <anutha_writer -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 16 Aug 2003 08:09:37 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all
I recently read a Style Guide from another company
with which I was previously unfamiliar. In it, it
stated that the semicolon is to be avoided in
technical communication since one can almost always
make two shorter sentences using a period.
I have never heard this and it sounds like one of
those tech writing myths like the other ones we talk
about on this list.
Does anyone have any knowledge about this? Does this
sound right to you?
Yes, you can make two shorter sentences but that is
not always desirable either. It just depends.
Thanks for any insight.
Janet
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