Good style : writing for science and technology / John Kirkman.

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Edition:2nd ed.
Published: London : Routledge, 2005.
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245 1 0 |a Good style :  |b writing for science and technology /  |c John Kirkman. 
250 |a 2nd ed. 
260 |a London :  |b Routledge,  |c 2005. 
300 |a viii, 151 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-148) and index. 
505 0 0 |g 1.  |t Style as choice --  |g 2.  |t Sentence length and complexity --  |g 3.  |t Weight and familiarity of vocabulary --  |g 4.  |t Specialist vocabulary : jargon --  |g 5.  |t 'Fashionable' words --  |g 6.  |t 'Roundabout' and unusual phrasing --  |g 7.  |t Excessive pre-modification --  |g 8.  |t Use of nouns as pre-modifiers --  |g 9.  |t Abstraction --  |g 10.  |t Excessive 'nominalization' --  |g 11.  |t Verbs : tense and voice --  |g 12.  |t Verbs : impersonal vs. first-person constructions --  |g 13.  |t Verbs : impersonal vs. second-person constructions --  |g 14.  |t Punctuation --  |g 15.  |t Tone : in hard copy and in on-screen text --  |g 16.  |t Avoiding 'distorted' English in computer-related texts --  |g 17.  |t Style for instructions --  |g 18.  |t Style for descriptive and explanatory writing --  |g 19.  |t Specifications --  |g 20.  |t Style for correspondence --  |g 21.  |t Writing for international audiences : general policy --  |g 22.  |t Writing for international audiences : writing for 'expert' readers --  |g 23.  |t Writing for international audiences : writing for students --  |g 24.  |t Writing for international audiences : writing for readers who do not understand English --  |g 25.  |t On avoiding ambiguity --  |g App.  |t Which style do scientific readers prefer? : evidence from surveys. 
650 0 |a Technical writing. 
991 |a 2005-08-24 
992 |a Created by mamc, 24/08/2005. Updated by mamc, 25/08/2005. 
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