Re: Silly but important to me

Subject: Re: Silly but important to me
From: John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:25:18 -0700 (PDT)


> In all cases, I'd avoid passive tense completely (as in, the dialog
> "is displayed" or "is opened"). Clearly written instructions use
> direct, active voice...

Not all the time, but let's not go there.

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John Posada
Senior Technical Writer



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