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Subject:Re: The golden rules of writing From:"naomi (n.) bulka" <nbulka -at- BNR -dot- CA> Date:Thu, 22 Dec 1994 11:47:00 -0500
Chris Benz writes:
>The Golden Rules of Writing
>1. Make it understandable.
>2. Make it consistent, unless that interferes with Rule 1.
>3. Make it grammatically correct, unless that interferes with Rule 1 or 2.
>4. Make it technically correct, unless that interferes with Rule 1, 2, or
>3.
I find it somewhat odd that a technical writer would put rule 4 at the
bottom of the list. I am all for the document being understandable,
consistent, and grammatically correct, but surely not at the expense of
technical accuracy!
