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Re: I had to say it because I was afraid no one else would
Subject:Re: I had to say it because I was afraid no one else would From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 6 Feb 2009 07:14:12 -0800
Under the circumstances as you described them, I would
say you should have alerted the person to the items you
perceived as errors and let him decide which ones you
should correct.
Trying to prevent others from looking like fools if they are
fool enough not to appreciate the effort almost always
goes badly.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "voxwoman" <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com>
> So I should have let "protect our critical asses" sit on our corporate web
> page, instead of correcting it to "protect our critical assets"?
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