RE: Tell them what they need to know and why

[Maggie_Secara -at- capgroup -dot- com]

techwr-l-bounces+maggie_secara=capgroup -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com wrote on
12/08/2006 08:26:23 AM:

> That being said, would you use absolute sentences in a warning even if
the
> thing you're warning about *may* happen?
>
> For example, if your Testers can replicate a catastrophic error 99 out of
> 100 times in a step procedure, would you write:
>
> "Warning:  If you continue with this installation your data *will be*
lost"
>
> Or
>
> "Warning:  If you continue with this installation your data *may be*
lost"

Sounds to me like it's near enough a sure thing as makes no matter. That 1
time out of a hundred was the anomoly. Data will be lost. If it was say 50
times out of a hundred, you'd be safe in saying "may be"

Maggie

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