[Sigia-l] editor question

[Michael Kay]

The second one is better. "Ask your manager when you should use this 
screen" may be even clearer. When given a choice, I'll always choose 
the simpler, more direct sentence (even if the grammar is not 100% 
perfect). That's usable English. Strunk And White's Elements of Style 
backs this up.
--Mike

At 12:34 PM -0400 6/10/03, Peter VanDijck wrote:
>A bit off topic - apologies. We are writing on-screen instructions.
>These go on a complex screen (with forms and lots of widgets) and should
>be short. Should we say:
>
>"ask your manager to determine when to use this screen."
>or is this ok:
>"ask your manager when to use this screen."
>
>Is the second one colloquial? Is it better/worse than the first one for
>this situation? Good arguments will be needed if so (it is my preference
>right now, but I'm not a native speaker).
>
>Peter

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Michael Kay
Information Architecture - User Experience
Author, The Web Wizard's Guide to Flash - http://www.peep.org/wizard/