Leonardo da Vinci programme European Commission Writing in English A Practical Handbook for Scientific and Technical Writers A Pilot Project Project Partners Zuzana Svobodova‚ Technical University Brno‚ Czech Republic Heidrun Katzorke and Ursula Jaekel‚ Technische Universität‚ Chemnitz‚ Germany Stefania Dugovicova and Mike Scoggin‚ Comenius University‚ Bratislava‚ Slovakia Peter Treacher‚ ELT Centre‚ University of Essex‚ England Writing in English A Practical Handbook for Scientific
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org/10.M65/amr.2012.0165 EDITOR’S COMMENTS: REFLECTIONS ON THE CRAFT OF CLEAR WRITING Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time‚ or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard‚ it’s because it is hard (Zinsser‚ 2006: 9). Most of us struggle with our writing. We thrash and hack our way through paragraphs‚ writing and editing and rewriting until we think we’ve made some progress on that God-forsaken
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reality‚ brought out the humour and energy of ordinary life‚ and displayed compassionate humanism in his writing. Narayan’s short story writing style has been compared to that of Guy de Maupassant‚ as they both have an ability to compress the narrative without losing out on elements of the story. Narayan has also come in for criticism for being too simple in his prose and diction. In a writing career that spanned over sixty years‚ Narayan received many awards and honours. These include the AC Benson
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USING CELLPHONES AND COMPUTERS MADE COMMUNICATION AMONG PEOPLE MUCH EASIER. AS A RESULT‚ LETTER- WRITING COULD BE LOST IN THE FUTURE. TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE STATEMENT? GIVE YOUR OPINION. Some people prefer letter writing than using cellular phones and computers as mode of communication. This is because to them writing a letter with the use of pencil and paper is more personal‚ that the sender took time and effort in composing and sending it in the mailbox. The sender
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Baltimore County"). My academic goal is to become a Programmer and gain expertise in technical communication skills like writing‚ speaking‚ presenting‚ and collaborating. As a writer I have little experience. I did lower level English courses and ENGLISH (101) course at " Frederick Community College". There I learned many things like verbs‚ noun‚ pronoun‚ run on sentences‚ and writing research paper. But‚ as English is not my first language I still do some grammatical mistakes. So‚ I decided to take
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A mistake often made is the lack of knowledge for the reason of writing. The writer’s purpose is to always appeal to an audience‚ whether you are informing‚ persuading‚ or writing to amuse. Your goal is to have some type of influence on the reader. The effectiveness of your influence starts by first gaining full awareness of exactly who your audience may be. In this chapter‚ the author mentions different examples of writing. For example‚ if a person were to write something for children‚ it should
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5a CRITICAL THINKING‚ READING‚ AND WRITING For a food that is traced to Neolithic beginnings‚ like Mexico’s 42 tortillas‚ Armenia’s lahmejoun‚ Scottish oatcakes‚ and even matzos‚ pizza has remained fresh and vibrant. Whether it’s galettes‚ the latest thincrusted invasion from France with bacon and onion toppings‚ or a plain slice of a cheese pie‚ the varieties of pizza are clearly limited only by one’s imagination. —Lisa Pratt‚ “A Slice of History” EXERCISE 4-10 Working individually or
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CHAPTER 4: WRITING SENTENCE PATTERNS One of the marks of good writer is the ability to use a variety of sentence types. The simple sentence is an important weapon to have in your writing task‚ but it is limited in the ways it can be used an in the jobs it can perform. Compound and complex sentences give you additional alternatives for expressing ideas‚ usually in more precise ways. Simple Sentence A Simple sentence is a sentence that has only one independent clause. It expresses one
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Implicit Hidden Biases 11/15/2013 Unbiased: not having or showing an unfair tendency to believe that some people‚ ideas‚ etc.‚ are better than others : not biased 1: free from bias; especially : free from all prejudice and favoritism : eminently fair 2: having an expected value equal to a population parameter being estimated (Webster) Hidden Bias Tests measure unconscious‚ or automatic‚ biases. Willingness to examine your own possible biases is an important step
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Writing has a huge impact on most people. People love to write everyday. I believe writing is a gateway for people to express themselves beside talking. Writing helps to relieve stress‚ gather thoughts‚ and simply have fun. Although writing took a big role in some people’s life‚ it was a challenge in my life. my relationship with writing has been tough and difficult throughout my life. I was never a fan of writing while growing up. It was always hard for me to write essays‚research papers‚ and
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