Re: "You may click" vs. "Click"

Subject: Re: "You may click" vs. "Click"
From: Katrina Katz <kat -at- TELEPORT -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 1994 12:04:24 -0700

On Mon, 1 Aug 1994, Peggy Thompson wrote:
> I never add the "you may's." But an editor friend of mine said
> this has become a BIG issue in her office; she wondered what
> others are doing.

I say adding "you may" is wishy-washy....it implies you have a
choice...very imprecise. After all, we are talking about insturctions.
I have seen were instruction include "please do ...." which is fine. I
say nay on may.

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