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... sentence . The thesis sentence is the answer to the problem or situation which you have investigated and are reporting . It is what you want your reader to know . The thesis sentence , or core idea , is a single comprehensive state ...
... sentence . The thesis sentence is the answer to the problem or situation which you have investigated and are reporting . It is what you want your reader to know . The thesis sentence , or core idea , is a single comprehensive state ...
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... sentence is the test of the writer's mastery of his subject as a whole . Inability to formulate the thesis sentence is an indication that either the writer has not completed his investigation or he has not been able to analyze logically ...
... sentence is the test of the writer's mastery of his subject as a whole . Inability to formulate the thesis sentence is an indication that either the writer has not completed his investigation or he has not been able to analyze logically ...
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... sentence length - change of pace helps sustain reader interest . How short is a " short " sentence ? What does " readable " mean ? Shortness and readability are , of course , relative terms . The intelligent person's concept of sentence ...
... sentence length - change of pace helps sustain reader interest . How short is a " short " sentence ? What does " readable " mean ? Shortness and readability are , of course , relative terms . The intelligent person's concept of sentence ...
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What Technical Writing Is | 2 |
Scientific Method and Approach | 12 |
Technical Correspondence | 27 |
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