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Sentence Corrections

Sentence Corrections. Technical Writing Class. Cost estimates are a technical document that is very important to our business. Sentence Corrections.

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Sentence Corrections

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  1. Sentence Corrections Technical Writing Class

  2. Cost estimates are a technical document that is very important to our business.

  3. Sentence Corrections • This estimate simply estimates the cost to physically build the project, which is our educated guess to what the contractors will bid on the project.

  4. Wordiness • All of the documents are done right there at the station rather than being sent all the way downtown.

  5. Wordiness • He said there are some times when not enough computers are accessible at the time.

  6. Wordiness • Most of the emails he sends are usually not that long about a paragraph or two.

  7. Due to • Communication is kept to a minimum due to the fact we are a seven-person firm.

  8. Miscellaneous • Usually these reports are very long in length.

  9. Sentence Rewrites • Which is a major because if anyone has a problem with a project they have to be able to get a hold of him to check on it.

  10. Singular/Plural • These documents are worded very technical and describe property boundaries I high detail.

  11. Sentence Improvements • He uses power point and other means of projection.

  12. Capitalization • They also use a great deal of ms word, and power point for a design or product.

  13. Sentence Corrections • The length of a document depends on what happen, for instance, if there was a really big fire than there will be more to write which will make for longer report.

  14. Essential/Nonessential Clauses • He has spend several long hours adding a frequently asked question page that is all inclusive. and includes troubleshooting assistance to the customer.

  15. Parallel Structure • Emails are used back and forth with co-workers, friends and business memos.

  16. Parallel Structure • Writing allows us to have record of a past patient, keep in touch with our referral clinics, and allows us to stay aware of new products and scientific findings.

  17. Hyphens • Periodicals are an excellent source of up to date information.

  18. Use of Quotes • To wrap this paper up I asked “does a great deal of collaboration come with a mechanical engineering degree.”

  19. Acronyms • At the Wireless Network Operations Center we utilize these tools intensely. In a network environment minutes wasted looking for the right materials to get a site or piece of equipment operational could mean thousands of dollars, or thousands of customers lost to the competitors . . . . Things in the NOC move very fast.

  20. Acronyms • The MM&P is the equivalent of an operations bible.

  21. Sentence Corrections • They are members of several professional organizations such as IEEE, (Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers) this is a networking out let and also includes a magazine subscription that has the latest developments in the field.

  22. Acronyms • All the Personal Computers (PC’s) on the network have Microsoft Office installed.

  23. Comma Splice • If an E-mail is too short it may confuse people, if it is long-winded it will quickly find it’s way to the “To read when I have 2 hours to kill” folder.

  24. Sentence Corrections • He uses e-mails for many of these writing tasks yet sometimes an old fashion letter is still essential.

  25. Fragments • There were all the briefs of different cases and having to put so much information into what is described by the name, a brief. Summaries of the actions that had taken place, or are going to take place in the court.

  26. Sentences • A few types of documents that they have to do are: memos, incidents reports, directives, policy procedures, training lessons, and apparatus specifications.

  27. Subject Verb Agreement • His email program and server is inter-connected with the City’s server.

  28. Sentence Corrections • A white paper list problems and ways to solve the problems and recommends which solution that would be most economical and beneficial for the company.

  29. Sentence Corrections • Only a limited number of people actually uses it.

  30. Passive Voice • There are actually many memos and reports that are documented throughout the station by many of the fire fighters.

  31. Sentence Corrections • They use spreadsheets, excel, and word to help them document different forms of reports and different personnel issues.

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