RE: The 'user' in User Manual

["Eason, David" <David -dot- Eason -at- lsi -dot- com>]

Susan Gallager wrote"...diectic pronouns require clear anticedents, they
don't get hired. Period. No mater how nice they seem or how good their
portfolio looks..."

Seems to me that correct spelling is more important than knowing
esoteric terms.

"antecedents, rather than "anticedents"
"matter," rather than "mater,"
"deictic," rather than "diectic"

David


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Subject: RE: The 'user' in User Manual

Gene Kim-Eng wrote:

> Well, you got me on "diectic pronouns."

Probably because you didn't recognize that she meant "deictic"...

-Andrew

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