General Requirements Guidelines - Simm Section 170a - California Department Of Technology Page 8
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18Table 3: Vocabulary Use
Selected Word
Do Not Use
Do Use
The word “any” is imprecise in
Any
Example
Example
number permitting discretion by
“Data published to the queue is
“Data published to the queue is
the reader/bidder.
received by any client subscriber”
received by the client subscribers”
could mean some of the client
This clearly means all client
subscribers; or it may include all of
subscribers.
them.
This language is imprecise.
And, Or,
The word "and" connects
Example
Example
And/Or
elements that are to be taken
“Clients with child dependents and/or
“Clients with child dependents and
jointly. It may also mean plus, or
positive employment status will
positive employment status will receive
added to a preceding quantity.
receive notifications”
notifications”
"Or" is used to introduce any of
This could mean that notifications will
This clearly means that the client
the possibilities in a series.
be sent if the client has a child
needs both conditions to receive
Two words together (and/or)
dependent and employment status or
notifications.
represent a hybrid term often used
only one of the two conditions are
Example
in legal and business documents
met.
“Clients with child dependents or
as a grammatical shortcut.
This language is imprecise.
positive employment status will receive
Avoid using the term "and/or".
notifications”
This clearly means that the client only
needs to satisfy one of the two
conditions to receive notifications.
California Department of Technology
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SIMM Section 170A
General Requirements Guidelines
July 2016
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