- From: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:17:15 -0500
- To: Mike Brown <mike@skew.org>
- Cc: Matthew Kerwin <matthew@kerwin.net.au>, uri@w3.org
Mike Brown scripsit:
> Unless you're writing a math tutorial, you should avoid repeatedly
> telling the reader to "note" things, or that things should be noted,
> or any other explicit ways of highlighting content or directing the
> reader's attention.
I disagree entirely. The notion that readers always read with full attention
is not justified, and so calling their attention to particularly important
points is very appropriate.
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