In David N. Dobrin’s (1983) article “What’s Technical About Technical Writing?” he portrayed prior definitions of technical writing as “simple because they define a difficult concept in terms which are equally difficult and then leave those terms undefined” (p. 109). Dobrin delved into what technical writing was by describing the function of objectivity and truth, it’s univocal quality with both primary and secondary meanings, how the ambiguity of language complicates technical writing by giving a monadist view which makes someone’s meaning indeterminate and misunderstood, the connection between knowledge and language, the presence of axiomatic fictions, the alternity characteristic of language, and the clarification of technology as relating to human behaviors and the accommodations between user and technology. Dobrin’s purpose was to illustrate the existing problems with previous technical writing definitions and attempt to show the difficulty in narrowing down what technical writing was into one inclusive definition. Dobrin’s intended audience was technicians, writers, and college educated individuals curious about technical writing. Dobrin asked countless questions without giving many answers to create a reasonable way of thinking about the subject, but eventually offered his own definition of: “Technical writing is writing that accommodates technology to the user,” which he supported thoroughly with his extensive explanations and logical reasoning (p.118).