In message <[email protected]>, dated Wed, 11 Jan 2006, "Tyra, John" <[email protected]> writes
>I have been involved in a committee trying to update a standard where >we spent half a day wordsmithing sentences. Don't EVER do editing in the full committee. Detail a few (no more than three) who can do English well, and preferably French and German to weed out the use of figurative English expressions and discover possible translation problems. If possible, don't do it at all during the meeting time. Do it in the evenings or do it after the meeting by e-mail. For evening meetings, a MODEST amount of beer helps find consensus. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immoderately. John Woodgate - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
