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From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale)
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Subject: Re: RE:communication and argument
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Date: Mon, 9-Jul-84 12:06:08 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  9 12:06:08 1984
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I find that I tend to write (non-technical) news articles more carefully
than anything else I write.  The audience is so large, and drawn from
backgrounds which are potentially so different from mine, that anything
which can be misunderstood may very well be misunderstood by someone.

So the serious parts are written to be absolutely, literally correct.
And the sarcastic or humourous parts are intended to be pretty obvious,
and are probably marked with a smiley-face.

I don't get misunderstood very often, but I don't get as much interesting
mail as if I was more colourful.

I encourage people to be precise in the wording of their postings,
if not in their first article on a topic, in subsequent followups
so that simple misunderstandings don't turn into bonfires.

	Dave Martindale