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From: techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Gene Kim-Eng
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 7:14 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Technical writing as a trade
There was a time when "learning to write well" was what we did during Grades
1-12. I don't know how everyone else remembers that part of their lives,
but I would definitely describe mine as "long and intensive."
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "Porrello, Leonard" <lporrello -at- illumina -dot- com>
> Learning how to write well doesn't require "long and intensive academic
> preparation"? Were you born an excellent writer? Regardless, notice the
> caveat in the definition: "often."
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