when there is a short sentence your cadence slows down and you speak very choppy
Language
Comma splice
Patterns for general language
When we talk we use a lot of meaningless words
we should quantify/clarify in the persuasive paper
Example
“Ensuring better problem solving and decision-making skills by non-senior management can avoid the next crisis situation.”
we can remove “situation” as it is redundant because crisis is a situation
“Approximately 60% of our work is a repeat nature with only minor variations. This repeat work is specifically of the inspection and quality control type and does not require higher education”
we can remove and optimize redundant words like nature → repetitive activities.
Specialized Language
There is a lot of times you will need to talk to non-engineers and you will need to use layman terms
The only difference between jargon and specialized language depends solely upon the expertise of the audience
Patterns for Acronyms
On the first instance define the acronym
Pointers
dont define common acronyms
limit the amount of different acronyms
Patterns for noun strings
Don’t have too much noun strings
break them up so there easy to read and under stand for reader
prepositions
The royal order of odjectives
Pattern for Prepositional Phrases
In… on… of… of… of… at…
if you have too many prepositions in one sentence you might need to break the sentence down, check if you need to make a new sentence or combine ideas
Pointers
avoid phrasal verbs
Patterns for punctuation
If you don’t have enough punctuation readers might not know that there’s a new independent clause
a reader might group an indepedent clause into the wrong clause
