From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Mar 26 16:38:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA22901 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:38:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt050n33.san.rr.com (@dt050n33.san.rr.com [204.210.31.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA22894 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:38:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt050n33.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA14843; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:38:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <351AF511.6A0191ED@dal.net> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:38:41 -0800 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ac199@hwcn.org CC: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [REVIEW] Changes to the DocProj web pages References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > We've avoided contractions in the current handbook/FAQ hoping > that'll make it easier for non-native English readers. They're > confusing because, unlike some languages, English doesn't > formally define legal and illegal contractions (how often've you > created a contraction of your own that you've doubted would've > shown-up save in precious-few dictionaries?). Contractions should be avoided in all formal and technical writing as a matter of style. The fact that it makes translation more difficult is another good reason to avoid them. Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** *** Proud operator, designer and maintainer of the world's largest *** Internet Relay Chat server. 5,328 clients and still growing. *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message