附註:Includes bibliographical references.
Style 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.
摘要:This book explains the tactics that can be used to write technical material in a coherent, readable style.
