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Re: [OT?] Would journalists be preffered documenters?

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On Saturday, January 25, 2014 12:52:34 PM UTC-5, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Documentation is a recurring topic on this group
> 
Where I worked in 2000 - 2001 the technical writing group was
only two people.  I brought them a copy of a page that, as I recall,
was a list of about 10 rules for journalists.  The two rules I found
most memorable are:

 - Remember to never split an infinitive.
 - Eschew obfuscation.

They found the list fascinating and entertaining.  Real journalists
might have been exposed to those concepts previously.

Librarians are another group with language experience who might be
useful in the generation of documentation.  At least they would have
skill in proof reading.

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[OT?] Would journalists be preffered documenters? Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> - 2014-01-25 11:52 -0600
  Re: [OT?] Would journalists be preffered documenters? Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2014-01-26 10:30 +0000
  Re: [OT?] Would journalists be preffered documenters? trebor.english@gmail.com - 2014-01-26 10:40 -0800
  Re: [OT?] Would journalists be preffered documenters? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-26 12:47 -1000
  Re: [OT?] Would journalists be preffered documenters? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-01-27 14:51 +0000
  Re: [OT?] Would journalists be preffered documenters? Matthias Koch <matthias.koch@hot.uni-hannover.de> - 2014-01-28 10:40 +0100

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