Originally Posted By: jchuzi
BTW, I used "he/she" instead of the increasingly common "they", which greatly annoys me.

Obviously you were not trained as a "Technical Writer" where the guidelines (a euphemism for do it this way or else) are to avoid the use of pronouns whenever possible and use gender specific pronouns at risk of your continued employment.

Not to start a different rant but sadly, If the target audience for the document is military enlisted the vocabulary is limited to fourth grade level, sixth grade in those specialties where a high school diploma is required.


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