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Peer reviewedGraves, Heather Brodie; Graves, Roger – Technical Communication Quarterly, 1998
Explores how some contemporary language usage presents challenges for technical editing and how awareness of language theory can help students expand their context for (and critically assess) current editing textbook advice on language choice. Discusses what editors and teachers of editing can do to help produce technical documents that address…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Descriptive Linguistics, Editing, Higher Education
