TechnicalWriting

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Part of Speech

• Noun
  Sam runs races.

• Pronoun(代名詞)
  Sam runs races. He likes to compete.

• Adjective
  Sam wears blue shoes.

• Verb
  Sam runs races.

• Adverb(副詞)
  Sam runs slowly.

• Preposition(介係詞)
  Sam’s sneakers are seldom on his shelf.

• Conjunction
  Sam’s trophies and ribbons live only in his imagination.

• Transition(過渡詞)
  Sam runs races weekly. However, he finishes races weakly.

Words

• Define new or unfamiliar terms

  • If the term already exists, link to a good existing explanation.
  • If your document is introducing the term, define the term.
  • Collect the definitions into a glossary if your document introduces many terms.

• Use terms consistently

• Use acronyms(縮寫) properly

  • If you defined a short term, use a shortened version of that name.
  • Don’t define acronyms that would only be used a few times.

• Use the acronym or the full term?

  • The acronym is significantly shorter than the full term.
  • The acronym appears many times in the document.

• Disambiguate pronouns

  • Replace this or that with the appropriate noun.

This series of articles is extracted from Google Technical Writing Courses.

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