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From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers
Subject: Changes to Hints on writing style for Usenet
Message-ID: <3735@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>
Date: 3 Apr 88 23:45:34 GMT
Expires: 13 May 88 23:45:34 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
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Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU
Supersedes: <122@uther.cs.purdue.edu>


This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of 
the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this
group, and the version posted a few weeks ago.  New users may ignore
this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users
to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents.

*** old/style.n	Wed Dec  2 12:38:11 1987
--- src/style.n	Fri Mar 11 21:12:28 1988
***************
*** 5,7
  Original-from: ofut@gatech.edu (A. Jeff Offutt VI)
! [Most recent change: 29 November 1987 by vax135!booth (David Booth)]
  

--- 5,7 -----
  Original-from: ofut@gatech.edu (A. Jeff Offutt VI)
! [Most recent change: 11 March 1988 by vax135!booth (David Booth)]
  
***************
*** 27,30
   * Write *below* the readers' reading level.  The avg. person in the US
!    reads on a 5th grade level. The avg. professional reads on about the 12th 
!    grade level.
  

--- 27,30 -----
   * Write *below* the readers' reading level.  The avg. person in the US
!    reads at a 5th grade level (11 years of age). The avg. professional
!    reads at about the 12th grade level (18 years of age).
  
-- 
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida  Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet:  spaf@cs.purdue.edu	uucp:	...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf