2013/5/12 Bryan Kilgallin <br...@netspeed.com.au>
> Hi Chris:
>
> Thanks for writing.
>
>
> What is your actual complaint?
>>
>
> Here is a link to a document plain English check-list.
> http://www.plainlanguage.gov/**howto/quickreference/**checklist.cfm<http://www.plainlanguage.gov/howto/quickreference/checklist.cfm>
>
>
> "It has a high reading level" is true, but is the problem polysyllabic
> terminology that you don't understand?
>
> What then is the purpose of documentation? I was trying to learn this
> interface. But I found myself confounded by impenetrable gobbledegook!
That narrows it down, but it doesn't distinguish between sentence structure
and jargon.
Is it sentence structure that takes you more time to parse than you
>> think appropriate?
>>
>
> English grammar does not seem considered relevant by the author!
The snippet you mentioned is perfectly grammatical. It's heavy on passive
voice, but that's a matter of style rather than grammaticality.
Would examples help? They won't be as precise as the technical explanation,
but on the other hand, they would be more readily apprehended by people who
don't write compilers in their spare time.
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