Quote of the Day
Aug. 6th, 2009 12:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatGot this from a work colleague -
"When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he/she isn't doing the same thing." -- Unknown.
Things I've learned this week - that writing carefully is not as easy as it looks. At work I screwed up by stating that "an RFP had to be extended because the bid was not competive". In my defense, I was overwhelmed and writing quickly. What I should have stated was: the RFP (Request for Proposal) had to be extended because the proposals received were not competitive, it was not a matter of cost."
My boss told me what he wanted me to learn from the experience was to be careful to be definitive and precise with my terminology - so that rational minds will be able to understand and comprehend. (And not send me condescending emails after I worked my collective butt of to get something out.) Sort of discovered the same things online. Writing may be easy, writing carefully and precisely,however, is not.
"When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he/she isn't doing the same thing." -- Unknown.
Things I've learned this week - that writing carefully is not as easy as it looks. At work I screwed up by stating that "an RFP had to be extended because the bid was not competive". In my defense, I was overwhelmed and writing quickly. What I should have stated was: the RFP (Request for Proposal) had to be extended because the proposals received were not competitive, it was not a matter of cost."
My boss told me what he wanted me to learn from the experience was to be careful to be definitive and precise with my terminology - so that rational minds will be able to understand and comprehend. (And not send me condescending emails after I worked my collective butt of to get something out.) Sort of discovered the same things online. Writing may be easy, writing carefully and precisely,however, is not.