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Article #701Re: To Use or Not to Use, But I Don't: The Computer-Writer
From: Jim Bailey
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 1988 20:02
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 1988 20:02
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The use of computers by writers is a mixed blessing, the first drawback is the tendency to overedit. I find myself doing this. Every time I read a paper there are revisions. Looking back, some of them are changes back to the original. The worse problem is bloated writing. I find authors writing books that could have been stated in half the words. It can't be proven that the use of computers causes it, the relationship could be coincidental. The computer does make writing easier and this could be a contributing factor to less well thought out and concise writing. Jim
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hplabsz!taylor From: jimb@pogo.gpid.tek.com (Jim Bailey) Newsgroups: comp.society Subject: Re: To Use or Not to Use, But I Don't: The Computer-Writer Message-ID: <1870@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> Date: 9 Apr 88 20:02:37 GMT Sender: taylor@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville, OR. Lines: 12 Approved: taylor@hplabs