Passive voice = weaseling "Mistakes were made ..."
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 7:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IGW01595E message during PDS to PDSE copy On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:41:50 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > on 02/15/2015 at 03:24 PM, Paul Gilmartin said: > >>Should have been easy enough for you; GIYF. >Only if I didn't care about gfetting the same one you were looking at. > Granted. It would have helped if Lizette had supplied the link when she quoted the text. But she may have been reading offline. Of necessity. And the OP never identified the utility he was trying to use. >>http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos >>.v2r1.ieam900/m012661.htm > >Argh! Takes me indirectly to a blank page. I'll look at the V1R11 >version, which I have on disk. > ObQoheleth. I thought I tested the link, by habit, when the ply appeared on IBM-MAIN. Blank? I get two shades of grey. Scarcely better. >>I but not User Response which would seem more relevant. >Now *that* warrants an RCF! Sent. > Thanks. >>I can't suss out from that page which utility is issuing the message, > >IBM seems to be treating DFSMS DFP as a unit instead of breaking it >down by utility. It's either IEBCOPY or a DFP service invoked by >IEBCOPY. > There's a style violation there. Strunk says, "Use the active voice". If instead of "Members ... are not supported" it had said, "IGWFUBAR does not support members ...", much would have been clarified. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
