Re: Keep it on technical communications

Subject: Re: Keep it on technical communications
From: "Melissa Nelson" <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:05:19 -0500

This reminds me....I have a technical writer friend, who just lost her job for editing her bosses writing a little too well. Proving that there is a time, a place, and certainly a manner in which to point out other peoples errors. I learned that the hard way, when through a series of events my first technical writer position involved editing a guy I used to date...ouch! To save my butt, he became a bad typist....when he really was a bad speller! :)

Melissa

From: Peter Sturgeon To: "Johnson, Tom" , techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Subject: Re: Keep it on technical communications Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 13:52:21 -0500 (EST)

Couple of quick points. I get careless, so all this applies to me, too.

1. The reason people CAN get side-tracked by errors in other people's posts is that the posters are putting those errors in.

2. That technical writers post errors and display uncertainty about things like "what's active voice" doesn't bode well for us if innocent bystanders peruse these archives looking for knowledgeable people.

3. That we pick on the errors of fellow posters doesn't bode well, either.

Peter Sturgeon


--- "Johnson, Tom" wrote:

> Hey Gang, > > Lisa is not able to monitor the list as closely as she would like for > a while so I'm jumping in, but I'm stopping short of invoking the > 'ADMIN' in the subject line. We're straying here. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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