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May 13 |
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Do parentheses inhibit clarity? This is the necessary and sufficient answer within the scope of a Q&A site. A categorical statement is all that can be given. A complete list of where to use parentheses and where not cannot be attempted here. |
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May 12 |
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Do parentheses inhibit clarity? The parenthesized sign off sounds too prescriptive, though. Doesn't it? :-) |
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May 12 |
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Do parentheses inhibit clarity? I take it that it is more a matter of your personal preference than empirical. |
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May 12 |
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Do parentheses inhibit clarity? 1. It's not my opinion. 2. It's not about the (over)use of parentheses. Just a fact -- that it's ironically inappropriate in that place. You'll agree that I used it in this comment to show its utility. :-) |
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May 12 |
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Do parentheses inhibit clarity? Bernstein's relatively longer explanation has no parentheses. Your first sentence has one. |
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May 12 |
answered | Do parentheses inhibit clarity? |
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Apr 30 |
answered | Referencing figure in text - capitalize the word “Figure” or not? Why? |
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Mar 28 |
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Where to find authors for highly technical articles? Maybe you should try by dropping the word 'technical' altogether and start looking around with the kwd 'content' instead. That's what you really need, I can say for sure. We have of course had great difficulty in convincing people about that, until they saw the results. Excellent solutions for your needs can only come from multidisciplinary writers. |
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Mar 28 |
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Where to find authors for highly technical articles? @MonicaCellio Apparently, design docs kind of writing is just what the OP does NOT want -- I'm not looking for a 'dry' technical document. I had to contend with people who are steeped in that 'dry' style. |
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Mar 25 |
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What's the appropriate way to write numbers in educational contexts like papers? Follow on: Editors could be thoughtful enough to see the context and understand, or sometimes too strictly conformist with prescribed styles. Accept and follow the editor's advice. |
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Mar 25 |
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What's the appropriate way to write numbers in educational contexts like papers? A very good question. The example, however, is not broad enough: Do not spell out statistical data. I would always go for the first option, that of using numerals. This no matter what style guide one is following. As for the narrative part of your paper, you may decide on the basis of the context and its tone on a sentence to sentence basis. |
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Mar 25 |
answered | Is there a name for this kind of sentence structure? |
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Mar 25 |
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Is there a name for this kind of sentence structure? @justkt: What's it got to do with English? Isn't this technique used in other languages? |
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Mar 25 |
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How to convert DOI to citation information Writers in a broader sense would eminently suit for this question, so I think we should let it be. |
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Feb 24 |
answered | How can I learn to write by hand again? |
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Feb 18 |
answered | Do I need to know anything to write a short story that I wouldn't know by studying how to write novels? |
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Feb 3 |
awarded | Critic |
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Feb 3 |
awarded | Citizen Patrol |
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Jan 31 |
answered | How can I revise these sentences to be more correct while still keeping the effect? |
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Jan 20 |
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Software for instructional book It would be better if you describe the specifics of 'instructional writing'. |
