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| Technical Writing | 2 |
| Writing Improvement | 2 |
| Writing Skills | 2 |
| Capitalization (Alphabetic) | 1 |
| Editing | 1 |
| Grammar | 1 |
| Language Usage | 1 |
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| Technical Communication | 2 |
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| Allison, Nancy | 2 |
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| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - General | 1 |
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Peer reviewedAllison, Nancy – Technical Communication, 1992
Discusses the overuse of capital letters in technical writing. (SR)
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Editing, Technical Writing, Writing Improvement
Peer reviewedAllison, Nancy – Technical Communication, 1993
Discusses the use of "there is" and "there are," and recommends notional agreement (agreement of a verb with its subject or of a pronoun with its antecedent in accordance with the notion of number rather than with the presence of an overt grammatical marker for that notion) as a useful approach to deciding which to use. (SR)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Usage, Technical Writing, Writing Improvement
