usenet@gatech.edu (05/03/87)
*** old/style.n Wed Apr 29 19:11:42 1987 --- src/style.n Sun May 3 13:45:17 1987 *************** *** 1,2 **** ! Newsgroups: mod.announce.newusers Expires: 40days --- 1,2 ---- ! Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers Expires: 40days *************** *** 5,7 **** Original-from: ofut@gatech.edu (A. Jeff Offutt VI) ! [Most recent change: 2 March 1985 by ofut@gatech.edu] --- 5,7 ---- Original-from: ofut@gatech.edu (A. Jeff Offutt VI) ! [Most recent change: 1 May 1987 by spaf@gatech.edu] *************** *** 50,52 **** ! * The above applies to humor as well. (Net.jokes, of course, not included.) --- 50,52 ---- ! * The above applies to humor as well. (rec.humor, of course, not included.)
spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (12/02/87)
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*** 5,7 ****
Original-from: ofut@gatech.edu (A. Jeff Offutt VI)
! [Most recent change: 7 September 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
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Original-from: ofut@gatech.edu (A. Jeff Offutt VI)
! [Most recent change: 29 November 1987 by vax135!booth (David Booth)]
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I would like to take a moment to share some of my knowledge of writing
! style. If you read the pointers below, remember: it's easy to agree
that they make sense but it's much harder to apply them.
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I would like to take a moment to share some of my knowledge of writing
! style. If you read the suggestions below, remember: it's easy to agree
that they make sense but it's much harder to apply them.
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+ * Avoid abbreviations and acronyms, if possible, and define the ones
+ you use.
+
* There are several variations on any one sentence. A passive, questioning
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! These pointers are all easily supported by arguments and research.
There's a lot more to say, but....
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! These suggestions are all easily supported by arguments and research.
There's a lot more to say, but....
--
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (04/04/88)
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*** old/style.n Wed Dec 2 12:38:11 1987
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*** 5,7
Original-from: ofut@gatech.edu (A. Jeff Offutt VI)
! [Most recent change: 29 November 1987 by vax135!booth (David Booth)]
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Original-from: ofut@gatech.edu (A. Jeff Offutt VI)
! [Most recent change: 11 March 1988 by vax135!booth (David Booth)]
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*** 27,30
* Write *below* the readers' reading level. The avg. person in the US
! reads on a 5th grade level. The avg. professional reads on about the 12th
! grade level.
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* Write *below* the readers' reading level. The avg. person in the US
! reads at a 5th grade level (11 years of age). The avg. professional
! reads at about the 12th grade level (18 years of age).
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf