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By Prof P Sprent, P. Sprent

This can be a sensible and entire advisor to all points of writing approximately technological know-how and know-how, together with either `how to put in writing' and the sensible and advertisement features of publishing as they have an effect on an writer. targeted positive aspects of technical writing are mentioned intimately. It additionally provides particular recognition to difficulties dealing with writers of guide manuals in catering for clients with quite a lot of technical backgrounds.

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Refer to two papers written by the same Jones in 1989 as Jones (1989a) and Jones (1989b). W. M (1992) to distinguish between works by two different Jones published in the same year. For a reference to a dictionary or other work with no named author a form often used is Anon (1985), but cite under a named editor if there is one. Although it is not often done, there is sometimes a case for including in parentheses at the conclusion of each entry in the references the numbers of the page or pages in your book where that reference is cited.

Write Adding acid immobilizes the particles. 42 Microstyle The latter gets rid of the awkward prepositions of and from that creep in when using abstract nouns with verbal origins. Cost savings were brought about by the introduction of new insulating material. New insulating material reduced costs. Here changing from passive to active and dropping the (unnecessary) verb equivalent introducing of the abstract noun introduction both help. 1 I mentioned the need for accuracy and precision; it is bad style to be imprecise, especially when this amounts to inaccuracy.

This is called the Harvard system; further details are then given in the references (or the bibliography) at the end of the book, or sometimes at the end of each chapter. Chapter lists make it hard to find details if at a later date one only remembers there is a reference to Bloggs (1991) somewhere in a book, but cannot recall the chapter. I see no compensating advantage in ‘end of chapter’ listings, except when each chapter is written by a different author. Even while reading a chapter, it is as easy to turn to the end of the book as to hunt for the chapter-end to find details.

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