RE: Grammar Question

Subject: RE: Grammar Question
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:59:57 -0400

John Posada wrote the following in January 2003:

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Some people that some people think there is a "Holy
Grail" of technical writing. 99% of this process is:
1) Get some stuff on paper.
2) Get someone to read it and believe it is better
than they could have done.
3) Apply some styles, fonts, and hyperlinks.
4) Get it out the door.
5) Get more stuff.
6) Repeat from step one until they don't need you
anymore or you run out of stuff.
Did I miss anything?
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I suppose that "Dig" could be a precursor to step 1...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ned Bedinger
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 2:39 PM
> To: Eddie Hollon
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Grammar Question
>
> I'll grant you that, but I've got reservations about that
> really being THE golden rule. I think THE golden rule would
> be something like "Dig..."
>

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Re: Grammar Question: From: Eddie Hollon
Re: Grammar Question: From: Ned Bedinger

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