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From: jimb@pogo.gpid.tek.com (Jim Bailey)
Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: Re: To Use or Not to Use, But I Don't: The Computer-Writer
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Date: 9 Apr 88 20:02:37 GMT
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The use of computers by writers is a mixed blessing, the
first drawback is the tendency to overedit.  I find myself
doing this.  Every time I read a paper there are revisions.
Looking back, some of them are changes back to the original.

The worse problem is bloated writing.  I find authors writing
books that could have been stated in half the words.  It can't
be proven that the use of computers causes it, the relationship
could be coincidental.  The computer does make writing easier
and this could be a contributing factor to less well thought
out and concise writing.

Jim