You know you’re a tech writer… (part 2)
Got a couple more to add (thanks Dawn for #3!)- please do contribute!
You know you’re a technical writer…
… when you feel emotional and/or physical pain at the sight of an out-of-place apostrophe.
… if, when faced with an engineer asking you questions about a product you document, you say in a tired or exasperated tone: “RTFM!”
… when you can’t stop deleting those (invisible to everyone else) spaces after the full-stop at the end of sentences.
… when you consider taking a new electrical iron back to the shop after having your eyes assaulted by the flagrant misuse of its and it’s in the manual (even though you’re probably one of the few people to actually read the manual).
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Time Friday February 6 2009 at 9:01 am
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Comment from Terence McDanger
Time Tuesday September 23 2008 at 10:08 pm
My sister’s a technical writer but I don’t know if she’s all that bad. I’m worse I reckon!
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