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Date:      Thu, 14 Jun 2001 00:41:43 -0600
From:      Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>
To:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Style/Grammar/Writing Guidelines
Message-ID:  <20010614004143.A40501@colnta.acns.ab.ca>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20010614013121.00eb5100@mail85.pair.com>; from adam@whizkidtech.net on Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 01:31:21AM -0500
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.31.0106131439170.43965-100000@meow.osd.bsdi.com > <3.0.6.32.20010614013121.00eb5100@mail85.pair.com>

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On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 01:31:21AM -0500, G. Adam Stanislav wrote:
> At 14:53 13-06-2001 -0700, Chern Lee wrote:
> >Reference to the reader as "you" is informal.  Changing this to "One" or
> >"The user" sounds very fitting to me.
> 
> Ouch! No, please no!
> 
> >Suggestions, please?

I like "we".  That is what Richard Stevens used, and I always liked
his tone.

Just my opinion.

Chad

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