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| + | Everyone has read articles, papers or instructions littered with errors which can be either humourous or frustrating. With technical writing, you don't want either of these scenarios. Your writing should be clear and concise because the goal of what you are writing is to explain a topic. Having the errors in your writing appear either humourous or frustrating to the reader is the last thing you want the reader to experience. The reader should be able to clearly understand the concepts of what is being explained to them. | ||
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| + | The best way to make sure the reader understands what has been written is to get rid of all the common mistakes in our writing. Some of the common errors are hard to catch because of the word's spelling or pronunciation. Lets take a look at some of these errors so that they can be fixed. Many of us are guilty of committing these errors, so lets try and reduce them. | ||
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* Improper usages: | * Improper usages: | ||
** '''there''', '''their''', and '''they're''' | ** '''there''', '''their''', and '''they're''' | ||
** '''to''', '''too''', and '''two''' | ** '''to''', '''too''', and '''two''' | ||
** '''effect''', and '''affect''' | ** '''effect''', and '''affect''' | ||
Revision as of 23:39, 2 April 2008
Introduction
Everyone has read articles, papers or instructions littered with errors which can be either humourous or frustrating. With technical writing, you don't want either of these scenarios. Your writing should be clear and concise because the goal of what you are writing is to explain a topic. Having the errors in your writing appear either humourous or frustrating to the reader is the last thing you want the reader to experience. The reader should be able to clearly understand the concepts of what is being explained to them.
The best way to make sure the reader understands what has been written is to get rid of all the common mistakes in our writing. Some of the common errors are hard to catch because of the word's spelling or pronunciation. Lets take a look at some of these errors so that they can be fixed. Many of us are guilty of committing these errors, so lets try and reduce them.
List of Common Errors
- Improper usages:
- there, their, and they're
- to, too, and two
- effect, and affect
