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Subject:RE: There must be some kind of standard.... From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:36:55 +0000
Were any of the documents you're reading written by engineers? There is a kind of occupational tendency among engineers to write this way, especially if they're "old school" types who cut their professional eyeteeth doing drafting, where everything is lettered either in title case or all in caps.
Gene Kim-Eng
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Has anyone seen a written standard that provides a justification or
explanation for this kind of writing?
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