Good style [electronic resource] : writing for science and technology / John Kirkman.
Series: Routledge study guidesPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2005.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 139 p. : illISBN:- 9780203023655
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-132) and index.
1. Style as choice -- 2. Sentence length and complexity -- 3. Weight and familiarity of vocabulary -- 4. Specialist vocabulary : jargon -- 5. 'Fashionable' words -- 6. 'Roundabout' and unusual phrasing -- 7. Excessive pre-modification -- 8. Use of nouns as pre-modifiers -- 9. Abstraction -- 10. Excessive 'nominalization' -- 11. Verbs : tense and voice -- 12. Verbs : impersonal vs first-person constructions -- 13. Verbs : impersonal vs second-person constructions -- 14. Puncuation -- 15. Tone : in hard copy and in on-screen text -- 16. Avoiding 'distorted' English in computer-related texts -- 17. Style for instructions -- 18. Style for descriptive and explanatory writing -- 19. Specifications -- 20. Style for correspondence -- 21. Writing for international audiences : general policy -- 22. Writing for international audiences : writing for 'expert' readers -- 23. Writing for international audiences : writing for students -- 24. Writing for international audiences : writing for readers who do not understand English -- 25. On avoiding ambiguity.
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