The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
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I found this linked from an editor's group on Facebook. The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write by Christa Bedwin.
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JHG





RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
John R. Baker, P.E.
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
I took typing in high school, never suspecting how important and useful this skill would be. I do two spaces at the end of my sentences. HTML browsers regard spaces, tabs and returns as whitespace, and they do with them whatever they damn well please.
LaTeX can be made to recognize periods that are not the end of sentences.
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JHG
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
John R. Baker, P.E.
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
Steve
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
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What about a word processor?
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
Steve
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RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
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Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)
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Of course, computers were supposed to reduce the consumption of paper. The irony is that prior to things like word processors and PC's on everyone's desk, the cost of producing a paper document was relatively high, but now it's cheap. Except for the cost of the paper itself, most all other aspects of the process have been reduced to where it costs almost nothing.
John R. Baker, P.E.
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
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UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
justifiedvariable width fonts that most popular word processing fonts are. (There are monospaced fonts on word processors too but they are less popular with time).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monospaced_font
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
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Hydrae
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-5^2 = -25
http://www.eng-tips.com/supportus.cfm
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Once word processors and publishing systems could parse the end of a sentence, they could space sentences without our "help" of using two spaces.
Since two spaces were not needed, I stopped using them.
There was also, of course, the elitist view that those using single spaces were somehow more knowledgeable than those using two spaces.
Jay Maechtlen
http://www.laserpubs.com/techcomm
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
White space is good.
The use of double spaces after a period creates white space.
Therefore, using two spaces after a period is good.
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http://parade.com/511725/marilynvossavant/grammar-...
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
Marilyn vos Savant is the person responsible for popularizing the Monty Hall problem.
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JHG
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
RE: The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write
You forgot to eschew obfuscation.
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JHG
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