Jargon and the Passive Voice: Prescriptions and Proscriptions for Scientific Writing.

Wilkinson, A. M.

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ERIC Number: EJ451297

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Jargon and the Passive Voice: Prescriptions and Proscriptions for Scientific Writing.

Wilkinson, A. M.

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, v22 n3 p319-25 1992

Notes that prescriptions for scientific writing about jargon and the passive voice do not take into account that language varies with rhetorical setting. Argues that prescriptions to avoid them are not well adapted to their functions. (SR)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Jargon, Language Usage, Technical Writing, Writing Processes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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