INI100H1 Lecture : Notes taken during lecture

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These big words can be nuances that the smaller alternatives do not have. Sometimes the simpler alternative is better in terms of context and audience. often cause of convoluted language is stalling no clue what to say next so . What is the object: otherwise, if kept building up the sentence, it becomes confusing and painful, clauses should be clearer, tightly controlled o. The pre-translation examples are not good writing: but dependent on the audience. avoid clich s because this drops the register, makes it less formal. Jargon = in-crowd shorthand: may be pretentious but , may be essential allow members of a group/discipline to communicate more effectively, approaches. address outsiders by defining jargon carefully or replace with a equally formal term that is synonymous. Pruning redundant expressions: for example, tautologies: commenced to start descended down the stairs . Extraneous opening expressions can be cut just get to the subject.

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