The benefit of a style guide is that you don't waste time pondering arbitrary usage choices.
If you know a phrase will confuse your audience, you override the style guide, or (if you're required to follow it) propose an exception. On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:12 PM, De Rosier, Edward <edward.deros...@anritsu.com> wrote: > IMHO, style manuals are important and valuable, but technical writers must be > able to "choose" to use words and syntax that may violate certain rules in > order to be clear and concise, as judged by the writer when considering the > audience. > > If "Click and Drag" will result in less questioning by the reading audience, > then that is the better choice. > > If "management" refuses to allow such variations, then the job is probably > not paying well enough for the writer's professional judgment. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
