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parallel elements skip to main skip to sidebar parallel elements a sounding board for my ideas a record of things that i ve learned a place to share my thoughts and opinions and ask for others opinions regarding what i write here 12 september 2007 back to school well it s back to school time for a lot of kids and being a kid at heart i didn t want to be left out this year so i signed up for an introductory xml course at online learning i ve got to learn the basics before i try figuring out how to prove to my current employer that we d all benefit from authoring in xml at the very least the course began this monday so i ll be doing the first two assignments this weekend my journey has begun posted by word nerd at 12 15 p m no comments labels career education online xml 05 april 2007 i just joined bookcrossing does that make me a bookie at the stc exec meeting tuesday night during the social part of the evening we got talking about the upcoming eac editors association of canada book swap meeting later this month that got me moaning about the fact that i have to get rid of a bunch of books that i ve been holding on to some i ve read and unfortunately some i haven t the unread ones were purchased with good intentions building up my general knowledge feeding established interests trying to stretch my areas of interest but most have them have remained unread for years so it s time for them to go i think i ll take some of the unread ones to the eac meeting perhaps i can swap them for others that i am more likely to read as for the read ones i shall release them into the wild via bookcrossing i just signed up and already am thinking of places where i can release my pre loved paperbacks and hey pat thanks for serving the hot crossed buns as dessert last night i m still happily remembering them posted by word nerd at 12 48 p m 1 comment labels bookcrossing books eac stc 08 january 2007 a question about word order this morning while reading the preface of a book about english language usage i came across the following sentence the complete plain words has a plain enough purpose to make the task of writing easier for those who wish to write better than they now do i questioned the word order at the end of the sentence and i was wondering if anyone else questioned it so do you think the word order is correct the adverb should follow the verb i shouldn t worry about it it s just a matter of personal style posted by word nerd at 7 06 p m 6 comments labels adverbs curiosity word order 03 december 2006 neat word english language resource originally posted on vox 24 october 2006 just found this list of word english resources it should keep me amused for weeks posted by word nerd at 10 34 a m no comments first book finished for 2006 originally posted on vox 28 september 2006 i just finished dick francis smokescreen i wanted brain candy and that is what i got it is formulaic and centres around race horses both hallmarks of francis style it s also quite dated the description of the interior of someone s flat had me in stitches i m glad that i read it though it was a relief to read something that was not related to work in any way and it has started me back on the path to recreational reading posted by word nerd at 10 30 a m no comments should single steps in a procedure be bulleted originally posted on vox 14 september 2006 there was an interesting topic raised at 12 september s stc general meeting by one of the presenters he asked the members of the audience whether they thought a one step procedure should be bulleted and under what circumstances the options were yes with a bullet symbol yes with a number no i believe most of us voted yes with a bullet symbol but he said he firmly believed that all steps even single ones should be bullet with numbers i will paraphrase his rationale most people when confronted with several procedures will read carefully to begin with but as the list of procedures go on they will skim the instructions and look for numbers as cues to steps also when the person reading the instructions does not speak english as his or her first language he or she may not realize that a an unnumbered sentence beginning with a verb is a cue to a step therefore all steps should be numbered i d never thought of either of those scenarios before part of me wants to agree with him but part of me agrees with the response i received from a co worker after i e mailed this anecdote to the other tech writers in our office her comback was interesting but then i d be looking for 2 does anyone else have any thoughts about this posted by word nerd at 9 56 a m 2 comments home subscribe to posts atom technical writing stc blogs alt milan darren barefoot david farbey technical writer i came i saw i learned stc alaska chapter stc atlanta chapter stc chicago chapter stc eastern ontario chapter stc four lakes chapter stc india chapter stc north bay chapter stc suncoast chapter technology bytes write about tech other writing related 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