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Common Technical Writing Issues Tao Xie North Carolina State University Department of Computer Science June 2006 first version June 2010 last update http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/xie/ http://people.engr.ncsu.edu/txie/publications/writeissues.pdf More advice: http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/xie/advice/

Important goal ,[object Object],[object Object]

Top-Down Writing Style ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Avoid ambiguous words ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Avoid strong words ,[object Object],[object Object]

Avoid informal or offensive words ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Avoid complicated words ,[object Object]

Explicitly write out things ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Which vs. That ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

More on Which ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Figure 1, Table 1, Section 1,… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Also, And, Further ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Repetition and Consistency is Good ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Dangling modifiers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fixing long sentences ,[object Object],[object Object]

Punctuation issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Citations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Citations - II ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Uncountable Words ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Abbreviation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ A” or “An”? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Only ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Will ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Avoid firstly, secondly, … ,[object Object],[object Object]

Avoid passive voice ,[object Object],[object Object]

Avoid passive voice - II ,[object Object]

Article usage ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Otherwise ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

No “can not”, avoid abbrev “n’t” ,[object Object],[object Object]

The authors ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Long subjects ,[object Object],[object Object]

Current vs. Existing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Noun Stacking/Verbal ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Redundancy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

As below/as follows ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Using hyphen - ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Confusing words ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Don’t over omit “,” or “that” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

References ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Logic Flow ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Exercise ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Paper Revision ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Paper Revision cont. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Writing as communication media ,[object Object],[object Object]

Common Barriers for Beginners ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Write Early and Along the Way ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

More Tips on Advising ,[object Object]

Use LaTeX ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Excellent Online Dictionary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Book Recommendations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Book Recommendations cont ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

More Resources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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