Practical Writing; Composition for the Business and Technical World |
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... technical students . Many of the available texts were geared to the business executive or to the professional ... business field ) . We found , in short , a need to bridge the gap between the student world on the one hand and the ...
... technical students . Many of the available texts were geared to the business executive or to the professional ... business field ) . We found , in short , a need to bridge the gap between the student world on the one hand and the ...
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... career to submit reports which attracted the attention of my superiors . Promotion followed rapidly . * Most promotions in business and the technologies depend upon the candidate's ability to communicate technical information ...
... career to submit reports which attracted the attention of my superiors . Promotion followed rapidly . * Most promotions in business and the technologies depend upon the candidate's ability to communicate technical information ...
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... business and technical writing should be dull and impersonal . And , rightly or wrongly , a great many technical and business people believe they are expected to write that way ! As a result of these attitudes , personality has been ...
... business and technical writing should be dull and impersonal . And , rightly or wrongly , a great many technical and business people believe they are expected to write that way ! As a result of these attitudes , personality has been ...
Contents
A Process Not Magic | 3 |
Getting Ready | 13 |
FINDING INFORMATION | 21 |
Copyright | |
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active addition answer Applications Avoid beginning BIBLIOGRAPHY business and technical called Chapter City communication Company complete consider contains creating describe determine direct DISCUSSION drill easy effective Electric Engineering evaluate example explain facts field final give graph idea illustrations important indicate industry interest interview introduction keep letter logical meaning method of development mind notes objective operation outline Page Pages paragraph passage passive periodicals person phrases positive possible Practical preparation presented problem production questionnaire questions reader reference revision rough draft scope sentence simply sources specific statement steps structure student technical writing techniques things thought topic sentence transition types verb voice writing process writing project York