Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:18:55 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Chern Lee <chern@meow.osd.bsdi.com>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, Eric Ogren <eogren@stanford.edu> Subject: Re: Style/Grammar/Writing Guidelines Message-ID: <XFMail.010613161855.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200106132316.f5DNG2365398@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>
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On 13-Jun-01 Bruce A. Mah wrote: > 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.) Do you want the Handbook at Barnes & Noble next to other high class books or not? :) I'm tired of having The Complete FreeBSD as the only FreeBSD book on the bookshelf. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the messagehelp
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