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Subject:Re: TW pet peeves and other lost causes From:Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- FS -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Wed, 24 Sep 1997 13:45:43 +0800
> Today's Top 10 Technical Writing Pet Peeves
> =====================
> SPELLING
>
> 10- definately
>
> A big one on the 'net, and an interesting one. I think it's
> a result of placing the emPHASis on the wrong syLABle when
> trying to duplicate intonation in print.
>
> 9- seperate
>
> 8- sheild [very popular with engineers]
>
> USEAGE
^^
Shouldn't there be a number here?
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Stuart Burnfield
Functional Software Pty Ltd mailto:slb -at- fs -dot- com -dot- au
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