• DocumentCode
    1548360
  • Title

    How to write good like a logistician should

  • Author

    Feineman, George

  • Author_Institution
    Kaiser Electronics, 2701 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA 95131
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1979
  • Firstpage
    200
  • Lastpage
    201
  • Abstract
    This humorous article illustrates the major faults in present day communication and how to avoid them. Its centre theme is that reports contain many unnecessary words which force the reader to separate the important from the unimportant words until he becomes bored. The unnecessary words result from using indirect expressions, circumlocutions, the passive voice, and redundancy. This article gives examples of these unneccessary word generators and suggests how to remove them. It also gives other guidelines to improve writing.
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0361-1434
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPC.1979.6501763
  • Filename
    6501763