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Being Forthright

Being Forthright. Precise. Clear. Forthright. Familiar. Concise. Fluid. Short words are the best, and old words, when short, are best of all . Winston Churchill. NYP 45063. Use strong nouns and strong verbs. Nouns. Verbs. Control tone. tone.

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Being Forthright

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  1. Being Forthright Precise Clear Forthright Familiar Concise Fluid Short words are the best, and old words, when short, are best of all. Winston Churchill NYP 45063

  2. Use strong nouns and strong verbs Nouns Verbs Control tone tone To make your language forthright, you should control tone and use strong nouns and verbs

  3. Tone is the attitude that the writer shows about the subject arrogant casual forthright silly obfuscated

  4. For formal situations, do not use informal language a lot of But... And... & btw vs. much; many However,... In addition,... and by the way versus

  5. Many scientists and engineers conveyarrogance in their writing Obviously,... As is well known, the use of gaseous insulation is becoming increasingly more widespread, with gases such as air and sulfur hexafluoride featuring prominently. There has been some discussion of using gas mixtures like nitrogen and sulfur hexafluoride, and of course nitrogen is the major constituent of air.

  6. Tone often goes out of controlin correspondence As per your request... I beg to differ with... Enclosed please find... For the facilitation of this end, Division 8463 will interface with Division 8265. The liquid propellant fuel experienced an unscheduled partial disassembly.

  7. Clichés are expressions that are toofamiliar sly as a fox busy as a bee faster than a speeding bullet I am in search of a meaningful growth position, and your company is a gateway to the highest professional levels and beyond… When you come up to speed, I'll touch base with you and we'll knock heads together!

  8. Use strong nouns and strong verbs Nouns Verbs Control tone tone To make your language forthright, you should control tone and use strong nouns and verbs

  9. Relying on abstract nouns weakens the writing Experimental design is a method of efficiently performing a comparative analysis. Specifically, a 23 design compares the main effects and the interactive effects of three variables on a final measured characteristic. The use of experimental design results in correct problem structuring, efficient experimentation, and data analysis leading to correct conclusions.

  10. Relying on abstract nouns weakens the writing Experimental design is a method of efficiently performing a comparative analysis. Specifically, a 23design compares the main effects and the interactive effects of three variables on a final measured characteristic. The use of experimental design results in correct problem structuring, efficient experimentation, and data analysis leading to correct conclusions.

  11. Weak verbs hide the energy of your work A new process for eliminating nitrogen oxides from diesel exhaust engines is presented. Flow tube experiments to test this process are discussed. The percentage decrease in nitrogen oxide emissions is revealed.

  12. Also, the tighter the verb form, the stronger the verb is capable of is composed of is used to detect makes a decision makes a measurement of performs the development of can consists of detects decides measures develops

  13. Active Needless Passive 1. Allow inanimate objects to act 2. Use the first person judiciously Needlessly passive verbs slow your writing Misconception: Scientific writing must be written in the passive voice.

  14. The oscilloscope displayed the voltage. The oscilloscope measured the voltage. + V - The oscilloscope calculated the voltage. V= Problems can arise using the activevoice with inanimate objects Safe Dangerous

  15. Users of the First Person Non-Users of the First Person Einstein Darwin It was decided that... Crick Feynman It was assumed that... Maxwell Faraday It was realized then that... Curie Freud Using the first person is fine as long as the emphasis remains on the work Misconception: In scientific writing, you cannot use the first person.

  16. In that an effort to identify a specific control circuit responsible for the failure of the gear box was unsuccessful, it was determined appropriate to resurvey the collector field for torque tube damage. Because we could not locate the control circuit responsible for the gear box failure, we resurveyed the collector field for torque tube damage. Avoiding the first person often convolutes sentences

  17. This paper presents a new process for eliminating nitrogen oxides from the exhaust of diesel engines. To test this process, we performed experiments in flow tubes. These experiments revealed a 99 percent decrease in nitrogen oxide emissions. Weak verbs hide the energy of your work A new process for eliminating nitrogen oxides from diesel exhaust engines is presented. Flow tube experiments to test this process are discussed. The percentage decrease in nitrogen oxide emissions is revealed.

  18. Being Forthright Precise Clear Forthright Familiar Concise Fluid Short words are the best, and old words, when short, are best of all. Winston Churchill NYP 45063

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