The elements of technical writing /
"This book should be at the elbow of every executive writing reports, position papers, proposals, or any other business communication [as] the only classic reference to effective business writing....This is a great reference book that will hone your writing to a scalpel-sharp edge." The Li...
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New York : Toronto : New York :
Macmillan Pub. Co. ; Maxwell Macmilan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan International,
[1993]
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Fundamentals of effective technical writing
- How to write numbers, units of measure, equations, and symbols
- A few useful rules of punctuation, grammar, abbreviation, and capitalization
- Principles of technical communication
- Words and phrases commonly misused in technical writing
- Proposals and specifications
- Technical articles, papers, abstracts, and reports
- Letters and memos
- Manuals and documentation
- Appendix A : writing in the systems environment
- Appendix B : a brief guide to software for writers
- Index.