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Subject:Re: Gerunds in titles and headings From:"Porrello, Leonard" <lcporrel -at- ESSVOTE -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 12 Jan 1999 12:20:00 -0600
If you go with the "How to. . ." construction, however, your automatically generated table of contents might a little less than absolutely user friendly, with several chapter or sub-heading beginning with "How to . . . ."
Leonard Porrello
ES&S
Information Sieve
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If they really insist on no gerunds, you could try going with the question
format:
How Do I Add a Heading?
That would eliminate the concern that it is "required" and fulfill the no
gerund rule at the same time.
Just a thought.
