Re: Wrong? Poor style? OK?

Subject: Re: Wrong? Poor style? OK?
From: "Downing, David" <david -dot- downing -at- fiserv -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:58:47 -0500


From: Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>
Subject: Wrong? Poor style? OK?


Does this sentence violate a grammatical principle, is it stylistically
poor, or is it OK, in your opinion:

"There are two ways to control how test results are saved."

It's come up in a review and I don't have a firm opinion about it,
myself . . .

Eagerly awaiting your insights.

--Nancy


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I'm not sure it's grammatically wrong, but it does sound colloquial, which maybe isn't appropriate for your situation.

David Downing
Senior Technical Writer
Credit Union Solutions
Fiserv
 
 

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