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From Technical Style, by J. M. Haile, Macatea Productions, 2001.
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Active voice, 32f, 36, 46, 59f, 65 Adjectives, 7f, 10, 16, 38, 80, 84, 86 . . . verbal, 5f Adverbs, 7f, 38f, 80 Anadiplosis, 128 Anaphora, 128 Antecedents, 10, 43, 47, 63 . . . unclear, 48 Antithesis, 128 Argon, 137 Articles, 10, 13 Asterismos, 128 Asyndeton, 128 Beginnings, 37 Bestiary of figures of speech, 128 Bilateral tables, 123f, 135 Caesar's wife, 16 Chartjunk, 163f, 172 Clauses, (see also Phrases) . . . nonrestrictive, 45, 77f . . . placement, 11, 16, 46f . . . punctuation of, 77f, 81f, 85 . . . restrictive, 45, 46, 77f . . . subordinate, 19 |
Collective nouns, 13 Colon, 83f, 95 Column headings in tables, 122f, 126, 129, 130 Comma, 76f, 86, 94-96 Comparisons, 11f, 21, 57, 116, 158, 160f Compound paragraphs, 56 Conflicts in number, 12f, 44 Cosines, law of, 100, 107 Critical temperatures, 126 Dash, 75, 85 . . . en, 96 . . . em, 96 Data, 8f, 13 Datum, 8 Dead-man plots, 148 Difference plots, 148f, 170 Dimensional consistency, 103f Display of equations, 94f Dot charts, 151f Economy, iv, 1, 6, 9, 16, 23, 26, 29, . . . . . . 34, 39, 49, 91, 101, 118, 127, . . . . . . 131, 135, 171 |
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Editing, 6, 23f, 41, 43, 45, 47f, 52, . . . . . . 56, 64f, 69, 71f, 76, 79, 83, . . . . . . 129, 135, 144, 177, 179, 182 Elements in earth's crust, 152 Elisions in equations, 96 Emphasis, 16, 25, 43, 48, 55, 57, 65, 70f, 140 . . . points of, 36f, 44f, 48, 52f, 84f Energy densities of fuels, 140 Epistrophe, 128 Equation, . . . as relating ideas, 91 . . . bounds and limits, 107f . . . breaking long ones, 99 . . . dimensional consistency, 103f . . . display of, 94f . . . economical display, 101f . . . elisions in, 96 . . . graphical interpretation, 116 . . . mathematical interpretation, 108f . . . numbering, 95 . . . physical interpretation, 105 . . . punctuation of, 94 . . . spacing in, 98 . . . units of, 102, 103f . . . variables in, 101f, 103, 105 . . . word, 106 Exclusive pair, 17 Exponential growth, 112f, 145f Exponentials, 98 Figure, . . . axes, 155 . . . caption, 153 . . . data, 156 |
Figure (con'd) . . . design of, 160f . . . grids, 157 . . . numbering, 153 . . . orientation and size, 154 . . . scales, 155f . . . symbol key, 157 . . . unnecessary, 160 Figures of speech, 128 First drafts, 23f, 132, 144, 168 Fits to data, 157, 165, 167, 170 Flowmeter calibration, 132, 149f Formula, 31, 90, 101 Fractions, 97 Golden mean, 154f Graphs, see Plots or Figure Harpsichord, 58 Hippogriff, 162f Hydrides, 123 Hydrocarbon melting points, 174 Hyphen, 85 Imperative verbs, 19 Impersonal pronouns, 35f Inclusive pair, 17 Introductions, 37f, 71 Introductory phrases, 46f, 65, 78f, 85 Items in series, 80 Jargon, 49 . . . computer, 98, 131 |
From Technical Style, by J. M. Haile, Macatea Productions, 2001.
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Least squares, 35, 146, 148, 165, 167, 169, 170 LEGOs, 66 Life expectancy, 125 Light, colors of, 111 Linear paragraphs, 61f Linkage, 10f, 15, 29, 42, 43f, 49, 51f, 70f, 76, 82f . . . sentence-to-sentence, 58 . . . sentence-to-theme, 52f Log-log plots, 147, 167 Matrix tables, 125 Modifiers, 6f Newton's, . . . law of cooling, 113 . . . law of gravitation, 115 . . . second law, 93 Nitrogen, 135f Nominalizations, 5 Nonnumeric tables, 127f Nonrestrictive phrase, 45, 77 Notation, 91 . . . scientific, 98, 131 Nouns, 4f . . . as adjectives, 7f . . . collective, 13 . . . plurals without s, 8f, 13 . . . verbal, 5f Ockham's razor, 158f Opinion, 21, 36 |
Paragraphing, 69 Paragraphs, 51f . . . compound, 56 . . . linear, 61f . . . polyphonic, 57f . . . procedural, 65f . . . radial, 54f . . . thematic, 52 Parallel structures, 16f, 24f, 40, 57 Partial derivative, 107 Passive voice, 32f, 36, 46f, 59f, 67 Personal pronouns, 34f Phrases, (see also Clauses) . . . introductory, 46f, 65, 78f, 85 . . . nonrestrictive, 45, 77 . . . placement, 11, 16, 46f . . . prepositional, 6, 10f, 25, 34, 38, 42, 44 . . . restrictive, 45f, 77f . . . wordy, 4, 19, 20, 26f Piano, 58 Planets, 124 Pleonasm, 128 Plots, . . . dead-man, 148 . . . difference, 148f, 170 . . . log-log, 147, 167 . . . semilog, 145, 147, 164f . . . x-y, 144f Polynomials, 148, 158, 159 Polyphonic paragraphs, 57f Polyptoton, 128 Polysyndeton, 128 Population in U.S., 144f |
From Technical Style, by J. M. Haile, Macatea Productions, 2001.
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Power law, 147f, 166f Precision, 21f, 49, 156 Prepositional phrases, 6, 10f, 25, 34, 38, 42, 44 . . . Rule of Three, 11 Procedural paragraphs, 65f Procedures, 18f, 38, 65 Pronouns, 10, 47, 63 . . . antecedent of, 10, 43, 47, 63 . . . impersonal, 35f . . . personal, 34f Pythagorean theorem, 95, 107, 109 Qualifiers, 6, 25 Quantum ladder, 68, 82 Radial paragraphs, 54f Radioactive decay, 113 Rayleigh, Lord, 137f Redundancies, 24, 102, 134 Repetition, 16, 19, 24, 57f, 72 Respectively, 39 Restrictive clauses, 45f, 77f Reynolds number, 105f, 141 Rule of Three, 11 Rules, . . . of grammar, 13, 29, 87, 90 . . . of style, 180f Sailboat, speed of, 173 Scale factors, . . . for figure axes, 155 . . . for table columns, 130 Scesis onomaton, 128 |
Scientific notation, 98, 131 Semicolon, 81f Semilog plots, 145, 147, 164f Sentence, . . . beginnings, 37f, 40, 44, 62f, 126 . . . endings, 37f, 40, 44, 62, 126 . . . equation in, 95 . . . -to-sentence linkage, 58 . . . -to-theme linkage, 52 . . . transitional, 41 Signs, . . . aggregation, 96 . . . operational, 96, 99 Slope, 145, 147, 158, 169, 172 Subordinate clauses, 19 Subscripts, 92-94, 98, 104 Summaries, 71 Superposition of waves, 116f Superscripts, 92-94, 98 Symbolous confusious, 148 Symmetry, 103, 109f Symmetry Principle, 110 Tables, . . . bilateral, 123f . . . column entries, 131 . . . column headings, 130 . . . design of, 131f . . . editing of, 132f . . . footnotes, 131 . . . headings, 130 . . . matrix, 125 . . . nonnumeric, 127f |
From Technical Style, by J. M. Haile, Macatea Productions, 2001.
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Tables (con'd) . . . numbering, 129 . . . separators, 129 . . . titles of, 129 . . . types of, 122 . . . unilateral, 122f . . . units and scale factors in, 130f Technical thesis, 37f Terminal verbs, 54 Thematic paragraphs, 52f Thermal pressure coefficient, 107 Thesis, structure of, 37f Transitional sentences, 41 Trial and error, 48f, 86, 177 Triangle, area of, 114 Unilateral tables, 122 Van der Waals equation, 107f Vapor pressure, 168f Variables in equations, 101f, 103, 105, 109f Verb close to subject, 15, 44 Verbal adjective, 5f Verbal nouns, 5f Verbless sentence, 16, 128 |
Verbs, 2f . . . close to subject, 15, 44 . . . imperative, 19 . . . sentence without, 16, 128 . . . terminal, 34, 45 . . . weak, 2f, 6f, 22 Voice, . . . active, 32f, 36, 46, 59f, 65 . . . passive, 32f, 36, 46f, 59f, 67 Water, 53, 59, 122, 141, 168 Weak verbs, 2f, 6f, 22 Wood, . . . heating value of, 173 Word, . . . equations, 106 . . . order, 43 . . . pairs, troublesome, 23 . . . unnecessary, 25 Wordy phrases, 4, 19, 20, 26f Writing, . . . as transformation, 176 . . . as transmission, 176 X-y plots, 144f Zeugma, 128 |
From Technical Style, by J. M. Haile, Macatea Productions, 2001.
