By Mary K. McCaskill
The 4 chapters making up this reference booklet have been initially written as a part of an ongoing attempt to write down a mode handbook for the Technical modifying department of the NASA Langley learn heart. those chapters have been written for technical publishing pros (primarily technical editors) at Langley. on the urging of my department head, i'm making this a part of the fashion handbook on hand to the technical publishing community.This booklet is directed towards specialist writers, editors, and proofreaders. these whose career lies in different parts (for instance, learn or management), yet who've get together to write down or assessment others' writing also will locate this data worthwhile. by way of conscientiously learning the examples and revisions to those examples, you could determine many of the options in my enhancing "bag of tricks"; i am hoping that you just editors will locate those of specific curiosity.
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The most frequent problem with comparison is ambiguity concerning the items being compared: Poor Better Poor Better Comparison between pressures on the nozzle and boattail and the tail boom indicates... Comparison of pressures on the nozzle and boattail with those on the tail boom indicates... The goal of the program was to obtain tougher martensitic steel alloys. The goal of the program was to obtain tougher martensitic steel alloys than are commercially available. 1. Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs Adjectives and adverbs change form to indicate degree of comparison (IRS 1962): • Positive degree merely indicates existence of a quality.
Similarity in grammatical structure, if possible, is also a good idea. For example, the voice of the verb might be kept the same: Acceptable Better The mixing noise is the dominant component of the spectrum, but the background noise peaks at a high frequency. The mixing noise dominates the spectrum, but the background noise peaks at a high frequency. 1). Independent clauses joined by conjunctive adverbs or simply by a semicolon should also be logically coordinate; however, grammatical parallelism is an option to be used for emphasis or contrast: In the compression mode, the duct serves as an eductor; in the exhaust mode, it serves as an inductor.
Keep in mind the goal of maximum information in a minimum of words. In the previous example, use was not changed to deflect with brevity in mind. However, the word deflect adds to the spirit of conciseness because it means more. Consider replacing or clarifying words with vague meaning such as method,system, facility, use, or approach. The following example illustrates this point: Chapter 2. Sentence Structure Title Revision Page 37 An Instrumentation System for Helicopter Blade Flight Research Measurements A Rotor-Mounted Digital Instrumentation System for Helicopter Blade Flight Research The revision is two words longer, but it seems more concise because it says so much more with only two more words.
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