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Subject:Re: RE: List for bad writing examples From:Susan W. Gallagher <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net> To:"Johnson, Tom" <TJohnson -at- starcutter -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <TECHWR-L -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:57:46 -0500
LOL! I suppose I should mention that the winner of such
contests is the submitter of the material, not necessarily
the author. And I cannot take credit/blame for writing
"Type the field name Field in the Field Name field." That
?honor? belongs to a programmer whose native tongue was
German.
Now, if I'd only saved the blurb that talked about a product
offering "duel interfaces"... <sigh> Definitely a missed
opportunity there! ;-)
-Sue Gallagher
>
> From: "Johnson, Tom" <TJohnson -at- starcutter -dot- com>
> Date: 2006/02/28 Tue AM 08:49:34 EST
> To: "Susan W.Gallagher" <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net>,
> "TECHWR-L" <TECHWR-L -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Subject: RE: List for bad writing examples
>
> Careful Sue! Taken slightly out of context, your post could be misinterpreted:
>
> "I won CoreCOMM's first Bad Technical Writing contest." Hardly something to brag about <g>.
>
>
> Tom Johnson
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