Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:16:02 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Eric Ogren <eogren@stanford.edu>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, Chern Lee <chern@meow.osd.bsdi.com> Subject: Re: Style/Grammar/Writing Guidelines Message-ID: <200106132316.f5DNG2365398@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010613160240.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <XFMail.010613160240.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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--==_Exmh_1254653842P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, John Baldwin wrote: > Recall that the Handbook is formally published as an actual book that will > hopefuly be put on the shelf at your local bookstore. With that in mind, usi > ng > formal English is quite appropriate. Appropriate, yes, but not required, IMHO. I seem to remember from my technical writing class in college that this could be (is?) something of a religious issue. (Well, that's not what the instructor called it, but that's the translation into contemporary geek-speak.) Bruce. --==_Exmh_1254653842P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.3.1+ 05/14/2001 iD8DBQE7J/Qy2MoxcVugUsMRAgkLAKD0nQtT6XBgX7c9HmMYJ02WRm4xNgCg+8Ou hdSe4JoJUt7VQthpbhg2dMI= =Efje -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1254653842P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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