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Authors and Corporations: Hunt, Peter, Kirkman, John
In: Technical Communication, 33, 1986, 3, p. 150-156
published:
Society for Technical Communication
Media Type: Article, E-Article

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Physical Description: 150-156
ISSN: 0049-3155
1938-369X
published in: Technical Communication
Language: English
Collection: sid-55-col-jstoras14
JSTOR Arts & Sciences XIV Archive
Table of Contents

<p>READ DIFFICULTIES WHEN MESSAGE TRANSMIT IS IN DISTORTED ENGLISH. To write about computers and computing, we need new terminology. Do we also need to distort the normal conventions of English? These authors catalogue and illustrate the kinds of problems caused by unconventional English and conclude with a warning for technical communicators.</p>