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Having been off mailing lists for a couple of years, I joined here on starting a new job (and yeah, I re-joined that other list too). It's taken me a couple of weeks but yesterday took the biscuit. I am a technical writer. I know, some, grammar. I am still learning (aren't we all) but frankly I

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] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jones, Donna Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 5:12 PM To: tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: Re: [TCP] Hello Ola. After learning that not knowing what an diectic pronoun disqualifies me as a professional writer, I decided it was time to leave that thread and move

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Roberts, Katie wrote: Deictic pronoun SYNTAX/SEMANTICS: a pronoun whose reference must be fixed through the context of the utterance. EXAMPLE: the purported referents of you and me in you will get to know me better are the speaker and the addressee(s) of this utterance. Deictic

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Welcome. I still visit the dark side. Is this really the light side? Cheers and grins, Sean -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dick Margulis Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 2:10 PM To: tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: [TCP] Hello Just left

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Clearly, those definitions were not written by a technical writer. -Original Message- snip I just looked it up, though. deictic pronoun SYNTAX/SEMANTICS: a pronoun whose reference must be fixed through the context of the utterance. EXAMPLE: the purported referents of you and me in

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Geist'; tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: Re: [TCP] Hello I'd like to think I could count myself among the ranks of the unprofessional writers like Dick, Al, Gene, Diane, Char, John, and Bill. Let's see... I don't know deictic pronouns, I occasionally, blog, I'd fail a typing test or a skills test

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Katie Roberts wrote: Why I like to type quickly without looking at the keys. by Katie Roberts. Oh, kewl, a book on tape. I've heard a lot of good things about this Katie Roberts...?...hey, wait a second...there's no tapes... It is like playing the piano. :-) Oh, my mistake, it's her new CD.

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I've been working as a professional writer for 10 years and as project administrator and manager for much longer. Wait a minute...how *much* over 23? Cheers Jim, coffee ALL OVER my keyboard..

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I've been working as a professional writer for 10 years and as project administrator and manager for much longer. Wait a minute...how *much* over 23? Cheers Jim, coffee ALL OVER my keyboard.. Oh, good. I'm not the only one who snorted coffee while reading that! :-) - CONFIDENTIAL-

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I hate to be party pooper, but... May we please get back on topic, or at least mark the subject lines of all drink recipes, flirty banter, and posts containing the same copied-and-pasted definition of deitic pronoun with [OT]? My inbox is beginning to protest. Respectfully, Will Sansbury

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Just left the dark side and came over here. Wanted to say hi to old friends. Welcome, Dick :-) Char James-Tanny ~ JTF Associates, Inc. ~ http://www.helpstuff.com -- Please send follow-up questions to the list. (Inquires sent off-list may

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On 2/5/07, Dick Margulis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just left the dark side and came over here. Wanted to say hi to old friends. Dick Margulis Hey! Welcome. -- John Cook Technical Writer / Help Author john dot cook at gmail dot com __ Author Help

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Hi, Dick. This is the list for those of us either thrown out of the dark side, or who care to no longer associate there. I have a dual citizenship, but spend way more time over here. Did you get your blog problem taken care of? Diane Evans Requirements Analyst ASQ CSQE Rosetta Inpharmatics

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Dick Margulis wrote: Just left the dark side and came over here. Wanted to say hi to old friends. Yeah, welcome! I never had any problems with popanythings when viewing your blog with Firefox. --Guy __ Author Help files and create printed

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Hey man! How ya been? On 2/5/07, Dick Margulis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just left the dark side and came over here. Wanted to say hi to old friends. Dick Margulis -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager

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I forgot to tell you that I never saw a popup on your site. I have a couple of popup preventers, though, so I rarely see them anywhere anymore. Oh yeah ... Welcome! John G. Dick Margulis wrote: Just left the dark side and came over here. Wanted to say hi to old friends.

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Evans, Diane L (Rosetta) wrote: Hi, Dick. This is the list for those of us either thrown out of the dark side, or who care to no longer associate there. I have a dual citizenship, but spend way more time over here. Did you get your blog problem taken care of? Hi Diane, Ironically, yes,

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Ironically, yes, even though that's what led to the dust-up. Dust-up? I guess I missed something. Being blissfully ignorant of that other list has its drawbacks, I guess. ;-) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG

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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Swallow Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 3:23 PM To: Dick Margulis Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: Re: [TCP] Hello Ironically, yes, even though that's what led to the dust-up. Dust-up? I guess I missed something. Being blissfully

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But I want to warn you against rabble rousing over here Mr. Margulis. We're keeping an eye on you. Web rumor has it that you tend to think for yourself, speak your mind, ask and answer questions. Dick, kindly ignore Al. After all, he uses two spaces after his periods. ;-) -- Bill Swallow

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Ola. After learning that not knowing what an diectic pronoun disqualifies me as a professional writer, I decided it was time to leave that thread and move to where people are more interested in producing great documentation than knowing grammar terms. Heck, I was told once that I can't be a

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Sure...we could get Dick to bring the wine/beer. After all, he's the newguy. Al -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Char James-Tanny Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 4:26 PM To: tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: Re: [TCP] Hello Ola. After

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Ola. After learning that not knowing what an diectic pronoun disqualifies me as a professional writer, I decided it was time to leave that thread and move to where people are more interested in producing great documentation than knowing grammar terms. A *what* pronoun? 8-| You realize,

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On Monday, February 05, 2007, Melissa Nelson wrote: MTU...I did not hear about deictic pronouns in my grammar course there. However, someone mentioned it being a linguistics term and it does ring a bell from the History of Language course I took at MTU, which was taught by a linguist.

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-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Melissa Nelson Donna, I do not know about the grammar courses you and Tom took at MTU...I did not hear about deictic pronouns in my grammar course there. However, someone mentioned it being a

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MTU...I did not hear about deictic pronouns in my grammar course there. However, someone mentioned it being a linguistics term and it does ring a bell from the History of Language course I took at MTU, which was taught by a linguist. Although, it still sounds a lot like something one has to

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On 2/5/07, Dana Worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday, February 05, 2007, Melissa Nelson wrote: MTU...I did not hear about deictic pronouns in my grammar course there. However, someone mentioned it being a linguistics term and it does ring a bell from the History of Language course I

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, 2007 4:19 PM To: Al Geist Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: Re: [TCP] Hello But I want to warn you against rabble rousing over here Mr. Margulis. We're keeping an eye on you. Web rumor has it that you tend to think for yourself, speak your mind, ask and answer questions. Dick, kindly ignore

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Donna Jones said: Ah, that could be it. I didn't take any classes in linguistics or language history (or at least not any that I recall). I think the grammar class was called Style and Usage, and it was based on the Little, Brown Handbook. The class was one of the hardest that I ever had, but

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In the last few years, I've specialized in managing the development of proposals and RFP responses; I must be one of the only people in the world who really enjoys that work, and now I head up the proposal and business strategy practice for a rapidly growing managed service provider in

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Brasel, Russell wrote: Re: [TCP] Hello Oh, by the way, Al, I can empathize with the long and meandering path toward the B.A. I graduated high school in 1990 and finally got the BA in 2000. See...I told everyone that I wasn't slow. I was just enjoying the ride. Al

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And how many people on the list know what a filker is? waving hand I do!!! And DSH is domestic short hair (shaking head - I have spent too much time on the animal rescue websites...) -Carla From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Outside of tech writing, my hobbies include writing, reading,

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Filking with Stan Rogers? Oh, you lucky girl And wow... what a career and life experience and goals! "Oh, the year was 1778..." -Carla - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the

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Greetings all, Prepare yourself for more than you ever wanted to know about a newbie tech writer.As of mid-August, I am the first and only tech writer at the company I work for. My positionwas created due tofairly rapidcompanygrowth necessitating a more formalized documentation strategy;