On 13 April 2015 at 15:26, Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> wrote:
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 10:45:33AM +1000, Rohan McLeod wrote:
How can I put it ?; unconventional layout others unhappy; conventional layout me unhappy; better others unhappy !
fair enough. however, another perspective worth considering is:
the primary purpose of writing something is to communicate. nothing gets communicated if your potential audience aren't willing to put in the effort to actually read what you've written.
With this I would concur. At work sometime ago I did an Information Mapping [1] course. The tactical writing component strongly places the focus of written communications on the intended audience's needs. It ask you to consider their level of knowledge and interest so that you can craft your message accordingly.
From my perspective the issues I have with Rohan's formatting are a lack of white space and overuse of the semi-colon.
Till today I really didn't understand the correct use of the semi-colon either; the following page at The Oatmeal set me straight ( http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon). BTW the wikipedia page on semi-colons seems to indicate an order of precedence amongst the various punctuation marks. [1] For a quick summary see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_mapping -- Colin Fee tfeccles@gmail.com