Sentence Corrections

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Sentence Corrections

• Technical Writing Class

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• Cost estimates are a technical document that is
  very important to our business.

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Sentence Corrections

• This estimate simply estimates the cost to
  physically build the project, which is our
  educated guess to what the contractors will bid
  on the project.

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Wordiness

• All of the documents are done right there at the
  station rather than being sent all the way
  downtown.

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Wordiness

• He said there are some times when not enough
  computers are accessible at the time.

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Wordiness

• Most of the emails he sends are usually not that
  long about a paragraph or two.

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Due to

• Communication is kept to a minimum due to the
  fact we are a seven-person firm.

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Miscellaneous

• Usually these reports are very long in length.

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Sentence Rewrites

• Which is a major because if anyone has a problem
  with a project they have to be able to get a hold
  of him to check on it.

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Singular/Plural

• These documents are worded very technical and
  describe property boundaries I high detail.

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Sentence Improvements

• He uses power point and other means of projection.

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Capitalization

• They also use a great deal of ms word, and power
  point for a design or product.

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Sentence Corrections

• The length of a document depends on what happen,
  for instance, if there was a really big fire
  than there will be more to write which will make
  for longer report.

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Essential/Nonessential Clauses

• He has spend several long hours adding a
  frequently asked question page that is all
  inclusive. and includes troubleshooting
  assistance to the customer.

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Parallel Structure

• Emails are used back and forth with co-workers,
  friends and business memos.

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Parallel Structure

• Writing allows us to have record of a past
  patient, keep in touch with our referral clinics,
  and allows us to stay aware of new products and
  scientific findings.

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Hyphens

• Periodicals are an excellent source of up to date
  information.

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Use of Quotes

• To wrap this paper up I asked does a great deal
  of collaboration come with a mechanical
  engineering degree.

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Acronyms

• At the Wireless Network Operations Center we
  utilize these tools intensely. In a network
  environment minutes wasted looking for the right
  materials to get a site or piece of equipment
  operational could mean thousands of dollars, or
  thousands of customers lost to the competitors .
  . . . Things in the NOC move very fast.

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Acronyms

• The MMP is the equivalent of an operations bible.

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Sentence Corrections

• They are members of several professional
  organizations such as IEEE, (Institute of
  Electronics and Electrical Engineers) this is a
  networking out let and also includes a magazine
  subscription that has the latest developments in
  the field.

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Acronyms

• All the Personal Computers (PCs) on the network
  have Microsoft Office installed.

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Comma Splice

• If an E-mail is too short it may confuse people,
  if it is long-winded it will quickly find its
  way to the To read when I have 2 hours to kill
  folder.

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Sentence Corrections

• He uses e-mails for many of these writing tasks
  yet sometimes an old fashion letter is still
  essential.

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Fragments

• There were all the briefs of different cases and
  having to put so much information into what is
  described by the name, a brief. Summaries of the
  actions that had taken place, or are going to
  take place in the court.

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Sentences

• A few types of documents that they have to do
  are memos, incidents reports, directives, policy
  procedures, training lessons, and apparatus
  specifications.

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Subject Verb Agreement

• His email program and server is inter-connected
  with the Citys server.

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Sentence Corrections

• A white paper list problems and ways to solve the
  problems and recommends which solution that would
  be most economical and beneficial for the
  company.

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Sentence Corrections

• Only a limited number of people actually uses it.

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Passive Voice

• There are actually many memos and reports that
  are documented throughout the station by many of
  the fire fighters.

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Sentence Corrections

• They use spreadsheets, excel, and word to help
  them document different forms of reports and
  different personnel issues.