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Category Archives: English

  1. Mother of All Dictionaries and Thesauruses: Wordnik.com January 21, 2012

    Posted in Education, English, Technical Writing.

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  2. The Discipline of Punctuation in Technical Writing December 30, 2011

    Posted in English, Technical Writing.

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  3. Survey: British Office Workers Hate “Business Speak” December 19, 2011

    Posted in Business Writing, English, Writing Life.

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  4. The Difference a Comma Makes December 5, 2011

    Posted in English, Technical Writing.

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  5. Two New Bonus Documents for TW101 (Technical Writing) Online Course September 21, 2011

    Posted in English, Technical Writing.

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  6. English as a Second Language (ESL) is Hot in Turkey September 21, 2011

    Posted in Education, English.

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  7. Technical Editing: Untangle the Semantic Mess by Identifying the Agent of Action September 5, 2011

    Posted in English, Technical Editing, Technical Writing.

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  8. Misplaced Modifier in the News Story About Libya August 31, 2011

    Posted in English.

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  9. 5 Things That Will Never Change Despite Technological Changes in Technical Writing July 27, 2011

    Posted in DITA, E-Learning, Education, English, Structured Authoring, Technical Writing.

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  10. The Politics of Plain Writing vs. Obfuscation April 15, 2011

    Posted in English, Technical Writing.

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  11. When the Words Move on, Leaving the Writer Behind… April 8, 2011

    Posted in English, Writing Life.

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  12. On the Idea and Title of “Product Evangelist” in Technical Communications February 3, 2011

    Posted in Consumer, Copywriting, English, Information Design, Localization, Technical Writing.

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  13. A Great Government Web Site Dedicated to Plain Language: http://www.plainlanguage.gov October 22, 2010

    Posted in English, Technical Writing.

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  14. President Obama Signed Plain Writing Act of 2010 October 21, 2010

    Posted in English, Technical Writing.

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  15. How to Avoid “Dangling Participles” in Your Technical Writing October 20, 2010

    Posted in English, Technical Writing.

    4 comments
  16. 4 Levels of Editing in Technical Writing September 14, 2010

    Posted in Business Writing, Copywriting, English, Technical Writing.

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  17. How to Avoid Negative Writing September 7, 2010

    Posted in Business Writing, Copywriting, English, Report Writing, Technical Writing.

    1 comment
  18. Take the “Indian-English Errors” Quiz September 5, 2010

    Posted in Education, English, India.

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  19. Localization – Problem with Translating Phrasal Verbs – English-French Examples September 1, 2010

    Posted in English, Localization, Technical Writing.

    1 comment
  20. Six Principles of Professional Technical Writing August 30, 2010

    Posted in English, Technical Writing.

    2 comments
  21. Eliminate Nominalization from your Technical Writing August 14, 2010

    Posted in English, Localization, Technical Writing.

    1 comment
  22. Localization — Don’t Use Phrasal Verbs in Your Technical Documents August 6, 2010

    Posted in English, Localization, Technical Writing.

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  23. Technical Writing — End Your Sentences with What Matters the Most July 6, 2010

    Posted in Copywriting, English, Technical Writing.

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  24. Technical Writing – How to Subordinate Your Supporting Idea to the Main Idea July 5, 2010

    Posted in Copywriting, English, Technical Writing.

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  25. Technical Writing – Combine Short Sentences to Avoid Choppy Delivery July 3, 2010

    Posted in English, Technical Writing.

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