Some Writing Pet Peeves

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Just a few pet peeves for technical writers to avoid.

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Some Writing Pet Peeves: 

Some Writing Pet Peeves

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it’s e.g., that vs which the Stack i.e., its

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“I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up." Mark Twain

…at this point in time…: 

…at this point in time… now

…due to the fact that…: 

…due to the fact that… because

…in close proximity to…: 

…in close proximity to… near

…utilize…: 

…utilize… use We utilized 12 sample points for the testing We used 12 sample points for the testing

…in accordance with…: 

…in accordance with… following

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What’s wrong with that?

CleanAir measured the following parameters: : 

CleanAir measured the following parameters: CleanAir measured mercury (Hg). Mercury (Hg)

…probe’s, unit’s, stack’s…: 

…probe’s, unit’s, stack’s… …of the ____... The unit’s average load was 537 MW. The average load of the unit was 537 MW.

…as shown in Table 1…: 

…as shown in Table 1… Table 1 shows… As can be seen in Table 1…

…the stack was sampled…: 

…the stack was sampled… CleanAir sampled the stack… …the unit was operated… <Client> operated the unit…

Other traditional mistakes: 

Other traditional mistakes it’s instead of its affect versus effect data is e.g., vs. i.e., irregardless

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Don’t use “ for inches, or ‘ for feet “ " ' ‘

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What about serial commas? How many spaces after a period? this, that, and the other this, that and the other Single vs double.◦ ◦ That is the issue. Single vs double.◦ That is the issue.