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Subject:Bonni's Theory From:Jim Grey <jwg -at- ACD4 -dot- ACD -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 18 Aug 1994 11:11:10 -0500
Bonni (like Madonna or Roseanne, one name identifies her) posits:
>The more an engineer protests that he or she can write "just as well as a
>writer" the more likely it is that he or she cannot. The less he or she
>protests this, the more likely it is that he or she can, but won't.
To which I add the Grey Corollary:
"That engineer who can't write, but thinks he or she can, goes through the
roof highest when a real writer marks up his or her text."
