atw: Re: SEC: UNCLASS Frameworks
- From: "Steve Hudson" <adslyy5g@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:32:15 +1000
Eck. A framework is a supporting infrastructure that isn't the thing being
discussed. We have the .Net framework from M$. It doesn't do much by itself,
but added in with other components it ENABLES something. Thus a framework is
an enabler. I would much prefer to be enabled than disabled.
-----Original Message-----
From: SUNTER Bede
Howard,
Let me start by saying: I know how you feel.
Myself, I take issue with 'weak' words, especially weak verbs like
'identify' and 'address'.
"At the meeting, a number of issues were identified and addressed" -- we
didn't actually do anything but we sure addressed those issues we identified
...
Now here's the problem: it's all very well to pet-hate the words, but as an
editor, what are you going to do about them?
There seems to be no substitute for the word 'framework' in its bureaucratic
context. It means (AFAICS) a loose amalgamation of policies, procedures,
projects and people that will attempt to blunder its way, more or less
systematically, through a maze of red tape, petty tyrannies and funding
cuts. If you, as a fully qualified and righteous TC can't think of a better
word than 'framework' then can you reasonably expect others to? If you can,
then you are entitled, nay, honour-bound, to provide it to your audience.
You were on the right track with the question you put in your post:
'what on earth is this sentence really *about*?'
As a professional writer, that's the question you answer on behalf of your
readers.
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