Writing: A Technical Approach
Posted on August 20, 2008 - Filed Under Writing | Leave a Comment
People in the business world search for another important attribute from engineers… being good (or even the best) technical writers.
On the beginning phase of engineering students, they might have a notion that their chosen field only requires an excellence in mathematics, an intensive practice in problem analysis, and a great performance in technical work. However, people in the business world search for another important attribute from their future employees? a good technical writer.
Writing is a basic human activity. Whether you are making an excuse letter for your instructor due to your absence in class or sending a note to your loved one, these are all done through writing. So how is writing as technical persons differ from other types of writing?
Read More..>>Writing Tips - Proof It!
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under Automotive, Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
Writers tend to be their own worst proofreaders. Why? It’s probably because when they proof their own work, they tend to sink deep into the more organic issues of their texts rather than restricting their attention to spelling, grammar and punctuation.
For example, instead of catching the fact that they shouldn’t have spelled “principal” with a “-ple,” they begin pondering whether they should have used the phrase “tyrannical taskmaster” instead. By the time they decide against that, they have moved on, leaving the offending “principle” to incorrectly describe the balding guy who ran their school.
Read More..>>Non-native Speaking English Pronunciation And Articulation
Posted on April 20, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
There are varying types of English pronunciation and its articulation lurking in the Educational Institutions of all the non-native speakers of English today. American English and British English vary in pronouncing such words. Both English, as times rolled by produced another multiple branches of pronunciation and articulation.
An obvious example is seen and heard from Japanese who learned the language, a Filipino, Singaporean, Russian, Arabian and many other non-native speaking citizens. Both American and British English vary their pronunciation in the word “either”. Both vary in saying the “ei” of “either.”
Read More..>>Never Argue With A Person Who Buys Their Ink By The Barrel
Posted on March 29, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
Being an editor can be difficult (especially when you have a writer living inside you). However, I have some tips for those of you who have to deal with those Big Blue Meanies! But first, let me tell you how this all came about before we go into the Tips part of this little piece.
Read More..>>Title Capitalization In The English Language
Posted on March 6, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
Titles of blog posts and web pages are very important. It important to make the title appealing and interesting at the same time, because it is usually the first thing people notice when people see your post or web page in the search results of search engines, feed readers (blogs) and news aggregations.
Interesting about titles in the English language is also the fact that they follow different capitalization rules for the words used in the title compared to the capitalization rules of regular content.
Read More..>>Writing Tip - Be Clear
Posted on February 19, 2008 - Filed Under Automotive, Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
Clarity is the most important rule of good writing. If what you write is not clear, you might as well not waste the reader’s time. Worse, you could do some damage. Take, for instance, a flyer I received from my credit union. One of the headlines read:
We now offer less-than-perfect credit loans.
My immediate reaction was: “Why would I want to do business with a credit union that wants its customers to sign up for loans that are less than perfect?” Of course, what the writer meant to say was …
We now offer loans for people with less-than-perfect credit.
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