Grammar and Style Brief

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Grammar and Style Brief

• Cami Nelson,
• CLEAR writing instructor

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Complete Sentencesavoid run-ons

• Often computer users run out of USB ports or
  have a big clutter of computer cables on their
  desk, this can be a big inconvenience for people
  that have their computer as work and
  entertainment apparatus.

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Avoid Fragments

• The shortcomings are overcome by thinking
  about these issues. By creating a better project.

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Subject / Pronoun Agreement

• It takes some knowledge of plumbing for
  someone to install it themselves.
• and which customer is missing their luggage.
• The interpreter can choose to transmit their
  translation of speeches or comments to their
  target group, or to the other translators

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Tense Consistency

• The basic design was a box large enough to
  hold a 2 liter bottle, a pen laser and a 90
  degree sensor. A photodiode is connected to the
  data acquisition system

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Formality Level

• Its a lose, lose situation here!
• It cant be made out of the clear blue sky.

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Commas

• When another zone requests airflow the
  heating or cooling unit will start up again.
• In order to construct this device a great
  deal of research and tests would be necessary in
  order to produce satisfactory results.
• If there is a wireless connection you dont
  have to find room to plug it in and it will not
  be left behind when you leave.

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Transitioning between sentences

• Teaching electrical engineering for high
  school students is limited because of cost, size
  and complexity of the available resources. There
  are shortcomings for kits, instruments and
  instructional sets.
• GPS satellite modules are currently being
  employed, but there are shortcomings. Typical
  GPS modules are now fixed to the satellite dish
  and receive too much RF noise from the adjacent
  transmitter.

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Transitioning between paragraphs

• None of these (toys) were found to combine
  visual, audio, and kinesthetic stimuli.
• (New paragraph) The proposed tool is a toy
  which consists of a game board.

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Parallel Lists

• The device will have the following functions
• 1. Base station sends
• Tracking software and microprocessor
• circuitry perform
• 3. Tracking stickers receive
• 4. Items location is displayed graphically on
  the base stations LCD display

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Loose Ends

• The result will ultimately be less trips to
  the emergency room.
• Its prototype will be difficult to construct.