Re: Sentence structure

[Marc Santacroce <santa -at- TFS -dot- COM>]

At 10:31 AM 6/29/95, Nancy Hayes wrote:
>In article <199506261855 -dot- LAA00795 -at- mail -dot- direct -dot- ca>,
>Matt Ion  <mion -at- direct -dot- ca> wrote:
>>On Thu, 22 Jun 1995 16:57:44 PDT you wrote:
>>
>>>Well, for one thing, the question has nothing to do with sentence>TO EJECT
> FROM
>> THE AIRPLANE
>>>1. Pull the left-hand lever upward sharply.  This will eject the
>>>   canopy.
>>>2. Pull the right-hand lever upward sharply.  This will eject you
>>>   from the airplane.
>>3. DO NOT REVERSE THESE STEPS!!!

>What the heck.  Here's how it's done according to our company guide (and,
>No, I don't agree w/ the guide's placement of the conditional; the only
>conditional steps allowed are those used with logic operators:  IF, THEN,
>etc.).

>             ===========================================
>                           WARNING

>              Reversing the following steps could kill
>              you.
>             ============================================

>1.  Eject from the airplane by performing the following steps in the
>    order given.

>    1.1  Pull the left-hand lever upward sharply to eject the canopy.

>    1.2  Pull the right-hand lever upward sharply to eject from the airplane.

>Aren't style guides =fun=? *cheap shot*

>Nancy (nancyh -at- pmafire -dot- inel -dot- gov)
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Is this anything like "Ready, Fire, Aim"?

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