Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Ex.
The board of directors watched the launching, and the crew was
acknowledged.
Ex.
The consultant only comes in on Fridays.
When the law is passed, you must tell your staff to follow it.
10. Be concise (short but complete)
2. Eliminate redundancy
Ex.
Basis fundamentals - basic/fundamentals
Completely eliminate - eliminate
11. Avoid shun words (-tion or sion)
Ex.
Utilization of - use
Came to the conclusion - concluded or decided
With the exception of - except for
15. Be accurate
Guidelines:
distinguish facts from opinion
use absolute words carefully
include qualifying statement when needed
let someone else read it
read backwards
read one line at a time
read by syllable
use computer technology
Read figures, scientific, and technical equations, and abbreviations
read it aloud
use a dictionary.