DocumentCode
1548239
Title
Verbal pollution
Author
Smith, F.R.
Author_Institution
McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, MO, USA
Issue
3
fYear
1979
Firstpage
165
Lastpage
169
Abstract
Pretentious, wordy writing occurs because written English is different from spoken English and because writers have developed bad habits. Four specific varieties of verbal pollution are (1) the smothered verb, (2) the freight-train adjectival phrase, (3) the indiscriminate use of jargon, and (4) the habitual hedge. Once their causes and symptoms are understood, these faults are easy to detect and eliminate.
Keywords
technical presentation; adjectival phrase; smothered verb; spoken English; technical presentation; verbal pollution; written English;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0361-1434
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPC.1979.6501742
Filename
6501742
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