Writing 2101F/G Lecture Notes - Jargon, Verbosity, Financial Statement
17 Oct 2013
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Uncle david willed me all his property, houses, and warehouse : contractions. A sentence is wordy if it can be tightened without loss of meaning: clarity. What you mean is what you write: you. Avoid using they", it" and you" in an indefinite (anyone) sense; when not addressing readers directly (set of instructions) My most important value is to follow your dream : redundancy. To be able to talk : slang, clich , jargon. The bottom line accounting jargon that"s migrated into everyday uses where few can read a financial statement. Looking to : focus get to the point, they"re always there for me referring to family and friends, quotation marks. According to paul elliott, eskimo hunters chant an ancient magic song to the seal they are after: beast of the sea! Come and place yourself before me in the early morning!" . Single quotations should only be within double quotations: pronoun reference.
