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... symbols . Symbols are not the things they are supposed to represent . The picture of Uncle Sam , while representing the idea of the United States , is not the United States . Au is the chemical symbol for gold . It may do a proper job ...
... symbols . Symbols are not the things they are supposed to represent . The picture of Uncle Sam , while representing the idea of the United States , is not the United States . Au is the chemical symbol for gold . It may do a proper job ...
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... symbols or words have no direct relationship to their ref- erents and cannot be identified with the physical fact they symbol- ize except indirectly through the reader's mental processes . Line AC of the triangle in Figure 7 becomes a ...
... symbols or words have no direct relationship to their ref- erents and cannot be identified with the physical fact they symbol- ize except indirectly through the reader's mental processes . Line AC of the triangle in Figure 7 becomes a ...
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... symbols and terms used . A knowl- edge of semantics also makes the technical writer realize that words and terms are subject to emotional associations . Therefore , care should be taken to avoid words and terms placed in a context which ...
... symbols and terms used . A knowl- edge of semantics also makes the technical writer realize that words and terms are subject to emotional associations . Therefore , care should be taken to avoid words and terms placed in a context which ...
Contents
WHAT TECHNICAL WRITING IS | 3 |
IN FACTUAL COMMUNICATION DISCUSSION PROBLEMS | 14 |
HISTORIC ORIGINS OF SCIENCE HOW MAN LEARNS | 24 |
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