atw: Re: Correct usage conundrum: "Match to" vs "Match with"

  • From: "Geoffrey Marnell" <geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:41:22 +1100

Peter,  We don't write user guides to be recited. 


 
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Martin
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 4:36 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Correct usage conundrum: "Match to" vs "Match with"

Geoffrey Marnell wrote:
> Or decide which
> one suits the audience.
>

Hmmm.  Always had a problem with that one.  It used to mean those who hear.

Now technical writers tend to use it all the time to refer to people who
read -- naughty persons!
Behold! A meaning shift !
-PeterM
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