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250 $a2nd ed.
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300 $a1 online resource (1 volume)
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520 $aThis book explains the tactics that can be used to write technical material in a coherent, readable style.
505 0 $aStyle as choice -- Sentence length and complexity -- Weight and familiarity of vocabulary -- Specialist vocabulary: jargon -- 'Fashionable' words -- 'Roundabout' and unusual phrasing -- Excessive pre-modification -- Use of nouns as pre-modifiers -- Abstraction -- Excessive 'nominalization' -- Verbs: tense and voice -- Verbs: impersonal vs first-person constructions -- Verbs: impersonal vs second-person constructions -- Punctuation -- Tone: in hard copy and in on-screen text -- Avoiding 'distorted' English in computer-related texts -- Style for instructions -- Style for descriptive and explanatory writing -- Specifications -- Style for correspondence -- Writing for international audiences: general policy -- Writing for international audiences: writing for 'expert' readers -- Writing for international audiences: writing for students -- Writing for readers who do not understand English -- On avoiding ambiguity.
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