On 1/14/2012 12:36 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
I confess that it's a bit of a pet peeve of mine when people insist on
avoiding words like you and your. I completely disagree that it's a problem.
And there are times where avoiding it can cause problems and make the text
more awkward (though it is true that you can often avoid it fairly easily if
you really want to).
(though it is true that it can be avoided fairly easily)
Fixed that for you. What advantage does the "you" version have, besides upping
the word count?
But I know that there are plenty of technical writers who would agree with
you.
I cannot recall any professional technical book that used "you" (yes, I'm sure
you can find an example!). It's like wearing jeans to a wedding.
