Re: job-hunt weirdness

[voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com>]

This is why I post under a pseudonym. Searches on my real name don't bring
up ANY of these posts... (and there are quite a few people in the world with
my real name, although if you do qualify the search with technical writer,
the first 5 or so hits are mine, and the first 2 are to my freelance web
page, so that's good, I think).

-Wendy

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:25 AM, McLauchlan, Kevin <
Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote:

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> From: Lauren
> >
> > > From: Andrew Warren
> >
> > > Michael West wrote:
> > >
> > > > One may argue that the rules of clear writing don't apply
> > > when posting
> > > > to a public discussion group. I disagree. I don't think care with
> > > > language and respect for readers can be turned on and off.
> > > > Twenty-something years in the business have taught me this.
> > >
> > > You mean "HAS taught me", right?
> >
> > That's just as correct as saying, "Twenty-something
> > tech-whirlers HAS taught
> > Andrew he is using a grammar faux pas."  "The techwr-l list has taught
> > Andrew" and "the list of techwr-l members have taught
> > Andrew."  Anyway, in
> > the many years that HAS gone by since I began professional
> > business writing,
> > I have, ... er, HAS, never heard that a plural of things
> > should be treated
> > as a collective noun in every case because there is a case
> > where the plural
> > of those things is collective noun.  My eyes HAS seen many
> > things, but this
> > is getting the better of me.
>
>
>
> Unfortunately for Lauren, the evil forces of the Universe (and Google) will
> ensure that the above post is the first one that any hiring authority ever
> sees when Googling her name.
>
> Ahem.
>
>
> <gdr&h>
>
>
>  - Kevin
>
>
>
>
>
> YOU PEOPLE STILL INSIST ON SCROLLING PAST THIS POINT, DON'T YOU?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> WELL, FOOLED YOU THIS TIME.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> OK, SO YOU CAUGHT ON.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> FOR ALL THE GOOD IT'LL DO YOU
> HAVE SOME BOTCHED PSEUDO-LEGALESE!
> IN  YOUR   FACE!!   The information contained in this electronic mail
> transmission
> may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected
> from disclosure. If you have received this communication in
> error, please notify us immediately by replying to this
> message and deleting it from your computer without copying
> or disclosing it.
>
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Free Software Documentation Project Web Cast: Covers developing Table of
> Contents, Context IDs, and Index, as well as Doc-To-Help
> 2009 tips, tricks, and best practices.
> http://www.doctohelp.com/SuperPages/Webcasts/
>
> Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
> authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
> once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control!
> http://www.helpandmanual.com/
>
> ---
> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com -dot- 
>
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> or visit
> http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/voxwoman%40gmail.com
>
>
> To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
> http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.
>
> Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
> http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat
>
>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Free Software Documentation Project Web Cast: Covers developing Table of
Contents, Context IDs, and Index, as well as Doc-To-Help  
2009 tips, tricks, and best practices.
http://www.doctohelp.com/SuperPages/Webcasts/

Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to 
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info. 

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat