Saturday, September 8, 2012

formality - When writing a formal report is it bad to make up names when giving an example?

I was giving an example and was trying to immerse the reader in the experience as much as possible and made up a man's name.




Consider the following example: Joseph is testing a program built for
Windows XP.





I was told not to use the name Joseph but use "the client". What difference does this make and how do I know when it's inappropriate to use people's names when giving an example?

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