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Subject: Re: [office] Question of writing style?
On Sunday 14 November 2004 23:53, Patrick Durusau wrote: > Michael, > > Since I won't be on the call tomorrow I thought I should tender a few > written comments about the 'you can' style question. (Same problem here) > It is not improper grammar but a question of the style one uses in > writing technical standards. > > I am not surprised that a native American introduced the phrase, most > writing in the US being first person and bordering on the familiar. > > Not that such a style is necessarily a bad thing, in the proper place > but I would argue it is inappropriate in standards. My guess is that the person Michael refers to, was writing a user manual - Michael, is that correct? In a manual that explains how to use an application, using "you" seems perfectly fine to me. But indeed in a standard specification things are different, and it would be better to avoid using it. -- David Faure, faure@kde.org, sponsored by Trolltech to work on KDE, Konqueror (http://www.konqueror.org), and KOffice (http://www.koffice.org).
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