Bad technical writing samples
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1. From a "how to write user manuals" book: The organization shown in Figure 1.5 demonstrates this commitment if the documentation group needs a single manager (or director) to direct that documentation and customer support members become "blood brothers and sisters."
2. "The use of a user dialog has been used to simplify the initial use of this sample application." 3. "...choose the {file name} file and lick OK to open it." 4. "Occasionally we send information about {company name} products and services to our customers. If you do NOT want to receive these offers, please check below. 5. "Because of businesses down sizing about eight million people who have lost their jobs just last year in the United States, are looking at running there own businesses, and with the Information super highway taking off like a rocket, with millions of businesses going on the world wide web, addressing this hot area, in book form." 6. "Please hold these instruction in your hand for one year." 7. "A qualified person will verify the equipment cannot be operated BY OPERATING the equipment operating controls." 8. Since the user interface for analyzer calibration refers to calibration as "calibration," this chapter will refer to the process of calibration as calibration. 9. Before unscrewing, remove four foot rubbers. 10. Type the field name Name in the Field Name field. 11. "Contrary to popular misconception, it is far from true that ultrasonic inspection is unsafe." 12. "5.5.13 Writing Style: In general, the active voice is used in all procedures. References made in the textual portions will be identified by Title and procedure document number." 13. From the title of a seminar: "EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR NON-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGERS" 14. Power switch. Power on/off switch is a push-bottom type. Used to "power on" or "power off." 15. From a technical publication written for the British Military: "It is necessary for technical reasons that these warheads should be stored with the top at the bottom and the bottom at the top. In order that there may be no doubt as to which is the top and which is the bottom, for storage purposes it will be seen that the bottom of each head has been labeled with the word TOP." 16. "For your review, here is the meeting minutes. Please let me know if I may have miss-stated any information. Again, thank you for your time and support. We could do it without you all."
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