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Subject:'author' as a verb From:"Robert A. Goff" <outlaw -at- RT66 -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 14 Mar 1995 18:18:06 -0700
>* in marketing material: "Our company authored project documentation
>while adhering to strict configuration management policies."
>* on a tech writer's resume: "Authored Software Design Document.
>Authored marketing material..."
I use 'created' in those cases.
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Robert Goff, Head Scribe and Vellum Scraper, The Outlaw Press
outlaw -at- rt66 -dot- com http://www.rt66.com/outlaw/Resume.html
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