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Lecture 3
EE-16-A
Date: 28-9-20
Technical Writing Style
To possess a sense of effective ways to present
sentences, paragraphs and tone helps writers to
produce documents that readers find clear and easy to
grasp.
Avoid
Use Active
“Garden
voice
Path” System
Write
Employ
Sentences of
Parallelism
12-25 Words
Contd….
Avoid Strings
Avoid Avoid
of Choppy
Nominalization Wordiness
Sentences
Avoid
Avoid Noun Use ‘you’
Redundant
Clusters Correctly
Phrases
Avoid Sexist
Language
Place the Main Idea First
To put the main idea first (at the top) is a key principle
for writing sentences.
AND
• Ex. The training policy for most personnel will have the requirement of the
completion of an initial one-week seminar. (static)
• There will be costs for the installation of this machine in the vicinity of $
10,000. (static)
after, although, as, as if, because, before, even if, even though, if, if only, rather
than, since, that, though, unless, until, when, where, whereas, wherever, whether,
which, while
o Ex. The campus parking problem is getting worse. The university is not building any new
garages.
o The campus parking problem is getting worse because the university is not building any new
garages.
o The US has been highly dependent on foreign oil for many years. Alternate sources of energy
are only now being sought.
o Although the US has been highly dependent on foreign oil for many years, alternate sources are
only now being sought.
Activity 4
Eliminate the choppiness in the following sentences.
I like dogs. Dogs make good pets. Dogs are friendly and
loyal.
Avoid Wordiness
Ideas are most effective when they are expressed
concisely.
Employed
used
the use of
Basic
fundamentals
fundamentals
Contd…
Completel
Eliminate
y eliminate
Alternative Alternative
choices s
Actual
Experience
experience
Connected
Connected
together
Contd…
Final
Result
result
Prove
Prove
conclusively
In as few
words as Concisely
possible
Avoid Noun Clusters
Noun clusters are three or more nouns joined in a phrase.
The clerks must make sure that they punch in. (use the plural).