Grammar? YES!

Subject: Grammar? YES!
From: Daniel Wise <danwise -at- MINDSPRING -dot- COM>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 23:04:28 -0500

Colleagues,

Geoff Hart raised the question of whether there are any grammar "rules" we
can discard with TW/procedures. Like Geoff, I can't think of any. Whether
you are writing narrative, exposition, or imperative instructions, the same
rules apply. Or at least they have in all the 40 years of writing I have
done so far.

No, I have not whipped out *kewl* Web pages for clients. Nor have I
experienced the joys and agonies of developing screen-size bites for on-line
help/instruction. My expertise is in paper copies of generally lengthy
documents dealing with scientific and engineering projects. And I have
written reams of engineering and administrative procedures, but never
software operating procedures.

So, within the framework of my personal experience, I have to conclude that
grammar does count if you expect to operate within a frame of mutual
comprehension and understanding.

Dan Wise
danwise -at- mindspring -dot- com




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