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I'm working on a Wiki article that explains to new developers how our product life-cycle works. Originally, my goal was to completely avoid the word "you" and use a more general description like "...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T01:47:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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ray023
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2019-12-08T01:47:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm working on a Wiki article that explains to new developers how our product life-cycle works. Originally, my goal was to completely avoid the word "you" and use a more general description like "the developer". The more I write though, the more useful I find the word "you." And now I'm doing a mixture of both. For instance, I may start a description of a new topic by saying the following: > This phase requires **the developer** to obtain a firm grasp on _blah blah blah_ Then, the first sentence of the next paragraph looks like this: > By the time **you** receive a Change Request, the A & D department will have a Functional Specification ready for review. My general questions is this: Is it acceptable to jump between "the developer" and "you"? When I read it, it seems to flow fine, but I would love some feedback on this approach.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2011-07-27T15:39:44Z (over 13 years ago)
Original score: 4