Re: Important Stuff They Don't Teach In Tech Writing School Was Re: School vs experience...

Subject: Re: Important Stuff They Don't Teach In Tech Writing School Was Re: School vs experience...
From: Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 12:38:21 -0700 (PDT)


Tom:

Of course bad grammar will hurt a Tech Writer. It is
just that proper grammar beyond the basics is not
going to buy the writer anything.

Tony Markos

--- "tom -dot- green -at- iwon -dot- com" <tom -dot- green -at- iwon -dot- com> wrote:

>
> >> There is no correlation at all between good
> grammar and good technical communications.<<
>
> I don't quite understand this one. You mean it
> doesn't matter if the instruction says, "Place the
> rod in the hole and the procedure will be complete".
> I could just say, "Y'all put that there thingy in
> that there hole up yonder and you'll get-r-done".
> Does it say the same thing?
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>




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