Good style : writing for science and technology / John Kirkman.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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London :
Routledge,
2005.
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Table of Contents:
- 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. Punctuation
- 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
- App. Which style do scientific readers prefer? : evidence from surveys.
