Re: The New Communication (was Formality going Bye, Bye)

Subject: Re: The New Communication (was Formality going Bye, Bye)
From: Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:09:51 -0500

Very true. Now apply all that to a global audience. I'm still trying to. ;-)

On 2/13/06, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> The next step in this arguement is to raise the question of what constitutes
> "standard." Is it the grammatically correct English primer usage drummed
> into us in grade school that nobody seems to use today *except* people
> grumbling about the decline of the English language, or if you are creating
> documentation for the users of a product, is it the form that is in wide use
> by those users? This assumes, of course, that you have actually taken the
> time to determine what your users' usage is, and that you are not merely
> attempting to impose your own.

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RE: The New Communication (was Formality going Bye, Bye): From: Bonnie Granat
Re: The New Communication (was Formality going Bye, Bye): From: Gene Kim-Eng

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