I think that you use exactly as many words as needed. Your emails are
(in MY opinion) always clear and never verbose.
ed
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From: "Charlie Arehart" <char...@carehart.org>
To: <discussion@acfug.org>
Date: 08/25/2011 01:33 PM
Subject: RE: [ACFUG Discuss] Best way to handle chunk of CFIF
statements
Sent by: ad...@acfug.org
Sure, many of us feel that way. Sadly, many do not. That said, I realize
you may mean that I or others still use more "words than necessary". One
man's junk is another man's treasure, I guess. :-)
It seems a constant tension (in my mind) on lists. Perhaps helpful to
bring it up like this every once in a while, so that people on both
sides realize that theirs is not the only perspective on the matter. :-)
I don't know that there's any solution. More of a coke/pepsi,
republican/democrat, team edward/team jacob sort of thing. :-)
/charlie
PS For those perhaps more of my age (49) who don't get the last
reference, it's from the Twilight movie series.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ad...@acfug.org [mailto:ad...@acfug.org] On Behalf Of
> szwedo...@epamail.epa.gov
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 1:18 PM
> To: discussion@acfug.org
> Subject: RE: [ACFUG Discuss] Best way to handle chunk of CFIF
> statements
>
> I also favor using as many words as necessary to communicate clearly.
> There really is no reason to compromise clarity for brevity's sake.
My
> keyboard produces just as many words as I need, neither more nor less.
>
> ed
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
> Ed Szwedo
> Web Development Team Lead
> ECS Team - ITS-EPA II Contractor
>
> 109 TW Alexander Drive, Building NCC, Mail Drop N176-05, Research
> Triangle Park, NC 27711
> Information Technology Infrastructure Solutions | Office:
(919)541-3955
> | Fax: (919)541-3641 | szwedo...@epa.gov | www.ecs-federal.com
>
>
> From: "Charlie Arehart" <char...@carehart.org>
> To: <discussion@acfug.org>
> Date: 08/25/2011 01:01 PM
> Subject: RE: [ACFUG Discuss] Best way to handle chunk of CFIF
> statements
> Sent by: ad...@acfug.org
>
> Sadly, you and I are a dying breed, it seems. :-) There’s a definite
> subset of the culture who decidedly do NOT like any email longer than
a
> couple of sentences—even if it means sacrificing clarity for brevity.
>
> Twitter has only exacerbated the problem by catering to that whim.
It’s
> clearly a cultural shift that’s been at play for some time. I write
> emails like people of old wrote letters. Sadly, people don’t do that
> anymore. And sadly, those of this ilk aren’t vocal about it: they just
> won’t read an email that’s “too long” in their opinion, yet they’ll
> respond in a thread without acknowledging that, which can cause more
> confusion.
>
> Oh well, c’est la vie. :-) As you say, I don’t stop. Some appreciate
it
> (whether in email, blog entries, and so on), and I write for them. :-)
> Thanks for the encouragement, though others may hold it against you!
>
> /charlie
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