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In: | Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 7, 1977, 4, p. 333-345 |
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SAGE Publications
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Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
Physical Description: | 333-345 |
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ISSN: |
1541-3780
0047-2816 |
DOI: | 10.2190/g5e2-ex1u-c47b-h5wj |
published in: | Journal of Technical Writing and Communication |
Language: | English |
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Collection: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p> Modern technical writing often suffers from its tendency toward jargon. Technical writing courses should include units on grammar as it relates to stylistics in technical writing. Transformational-generative grammar offers an effective and useful approach to train technical writers to communicate more effectively and to avoid the problems inherent in an impersonal style. One way of organizing a discussion of transformational-generative grammar is to consider its application to sentences and clauses, phrases, and individual words. </jats:p> |