atw: Back to poor expressivity

Hi Bede,

I look on anything that can or will interrupt the reader - whether it's a 
speller, 
a grammatical no-no, a lack of commas, clunky prose - as poor 
workmanship, because it gets in the way of clearer, faster understanding.

I also think it's a good idea to have a go at those who offer us jobs - they 
are likely to be judging us - do you really want to be assessed by a person 
who demonstrates the skills of a 15-year-old twit who dropped out of 
kindergarten? 

Don't give me this stuff that those who write the adverts aren't tech writers 
- irrelevant. The adverts come from the virtual employer and so, should 
reflect the claims that virtual employer has to integrity. At law, the firm's 
directors can be held accountable for all emanations from a firm.

Maybe I'm just remembering earlier times when the people who 
interviewed me for jobs actually knew the job that I was about to do, 
very well.  ... Sigh.

Yeah, I know. Dinosaur, dodo, the Mustang aircraft ...

Regards,
Brian.
  Bede said:
  The thing about good writing (which is generally the path to good
  information) is that we have to address the little problems to get at
  the big problems. Things like minor punctuation and grammar problems and
  the fluidity of common usage appear to take on disproportionate
  importance.

  I believe that as long as editors edit to add value, and not to
  demonstrate their superior erudition, all's right with the techwriting
  world.

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