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On Jan 6, 11:09am, Susan Vineyard wrote:
> Subject:
> 1. Does ANYBODY use the terminology "the user" as in "the user must first
> push in on button" rather than"you" in on-line documentation?
YES!!! An engineer I work with uses "the user", "you", and "the engineer", all
in one paragraph, to refer to the same person! :-O
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