Style specifics

Abstract

Good style is about clear, easy-to-read writing, which can be achieved by following well-defined guidelines. These are not arbitrary rules, but are principles that have been observed by experienced writers to lead to good text. In the previous chapter, some of these principles were reviewed. This chapter concerns a range of specific problems that are common in technical writing.

Those complicated sentences seemed to him very pearls...“The reason for the unreason with which you treat my reason, so weakens my reason that with reason I complain of your beauty” ... These writings drove the poor knight out of his wits.

Cervantes Don Quixote

Underneath the knocker there was a notice that said: PLES RING if AN RNSER IS REQIRD

Underneath the bell-pull there was a notice that said: PLEZ CNOKE if AN RNSR IS NOT REQID

These notices had been written by Christopher Robin, who was the only one in the forest who could spell.

A.A. Milne

Winnie the Pooh