Plural Problem

Subject: Plural Problem
From: DAVID IBBETSON <ibbetson -at- IDIRECT -dot- COM>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 13:11:35 -0400

Gordon Moore writes:
>Can someone help settle an argument, please?

>The situation is this. The manual is describing a reset of a piece of
>hardware. The process is to press one button labelled "Reset" and then to
>press a second button labelled "Init." Should the sentence go:

>Press the "Reset" and then the "Init" buttons.
> or
>Press the "Reset" and then the "Init" button.
> or
>Press the "Reset" button, and then the "Init" button.

There are two steps and the order is important. I would incline to something
like:

1. Press the "Reset" button
2. Wait five seconds and then press the "Init" button

(Surprisingly often delay is necessary. Should the "reset" button be
released before the "init" button is pressed.)

David (the idiot) Ibbetson

David Ibbetson ibbetson -at- idirect -dot- com
133 Wilton St, #506, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 4A4
Phone (416) 363-6692 Fax (416) 363-4987

However entrancing it is to wander unchecked through a garden of bright
images, are we not enticing your mind from another subject of almost equal
importance? -- Ernest Bramah Smith, _Kai Lung's Golden Hours. Story of Hien_
=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*

TECHWR-L List Information
To send a message about technical communication to 2500+ list readers,
E-mail to TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU -dot- Send administrative commands
ALL other questions or problems concerning the list
should go to the listowner, Eric Ray, at ejray -at- ionet -dot- net -dot-



Previous by Author: Re: "It Ain't Literature, Y'know"
Next by Author: Certification
Previous by Thread: Re: Plural Problem
Next by Thread: Translating Message into Other Languages


What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:


Sponsored Ads