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Subject:Re: Writing Style From:Karla McMaster <mcmaster%pcmail -dot- cti-pet -dot- com -at- CTI-PET -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 2 Sep 1994 09:29:13 EST
Grant: Hi. Just trying to figure out what you'd like from us! None of us have
_any_ style problems, of course...We all write perfectly!
Karla McMaster, technical writer
CTI PET Systems, Inc., Knoxville, TN
mcmaster -at- cti-petcom
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Dear list,
I am having trouble with my writing style. My boss wants better
transitions between my sentences. However, I am also trying to do two
things: write in the active voice and write short sentences. He describes my
writing as herky-jerky or abrupt.
