A tutorial on D templates

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Sat Jan 14 12:02:09 PST 2012


On 1/14/12 12:26 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 1/14/2012 12:36 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>> I confess that it's a bit of a pet peeve of mine when people insist on
>> avoiding words like you and your. I completely disagree that it's a
>> problem.
>> And there are times where avoiding it can cause problems and make the
>> text
>> more awkward (though it is true that you can often avoid it fairly
>> easily if
>> you really want to).
>
> (though it is true that it can be avoided fairly easily)
>
> Fixed that for you. What advantage does the "you" version have, besides
> upping the word count?
>
>
>> But I know that there are plenty of technical writers who would agree
>> with
>> you.
>
> I cannot recall any professional technical book that used "you" (yes,
> I'm sure you can find an example!). It's like wearing jeans to a wedding.

"You" can convey a conversational, intimate tone that can be helpful. 
Together with "I" for the author and "we" as the author plus the reader, 
"you" can create quite a good frame.

That being said, I agree - "you" is a license that should be at best 
used sparingly, as is "I".


Andrei


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