| Series |
IEEE PCS professional engineering communication series
IEEE PCS professional engineering communication series. ^A1155055
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| Contents |
Introduction to the approach -- Qualifiers used in sentences -- Subordinate clauses used as qualifiers -- Explanatory phrases, participle phrases, and major prepositional phrases -- Infinitive phrases, and the general rule for punctuating qualifiers -- Sentences with two qualifiers -- Higher orders of punctuation -- Strategies to improve sentences with qualifiers -- Two-item lists -- Multiple-item lists -- Strategies for writing better lists -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Precision in word usage -- Paragraphs -- Arguments -- Justification of arguments -- Organization and presentation. |
| Abstract |
"This book is a guide to technical writing, presented in a systematic framework that mirrors the logic associated with the scientific process itself. Other English books merely define concepts and provide rules; this one explains the reasoning behind the rules. Other writing books for scientists and engineers focus primarily on how to gather and organize materials; this one focuses primarily on how to compose a readable sentence. The approach should be satisfying not only to scientists and engineers, but also to anyone who once took a grammar course but can't remember the rules--because there was no exposure to underlying principles"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Berger, Robert E. Scientific approach to writing for engineers and scientists. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014 9781118832561 |
| LCCN | 2013051205 |
| ISBN | 9781118832523 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1118832523 (paperback) |
