Split infinitives are acceptable, but not when they are awkward. "Also teaches them to enjoy" is less awkward than "teaches them to also enjoy", and maintains continuity with "allows writers the freedom". When you say "the editor will headings", do you mean article or topic headings? assign titles These points should not be dismissed as nitpicking or irrelevant. As the Systems Documentation SIG, we are expected to show the rest of ACM how to do it well. It seriously weakens our credibility when we publish documents which display the faults we are striving to correct in the work of others. ~ Sincerely yours, Donald V. Etz Publications Technical Support (SDC-4) REVIEWS HOW TO WRITE A COMPUTER MANUAL Jonathan Price The Benjanmin/Cummings Publishing Company Inc.,1984 Review by, Patricia Josefchak ¢ In m a n y a r e a s o f t h e c o m p u t e r world, an u n f r i e n d l y tone is almost traditional. The mixture ofcontempt and indifference, snobbery and laziness tends to accumulate for many r e a s o n s . . . . To m a k e your
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