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Effective Writing, with Examples (3)
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3) Clarity and Precision
a) Ambiguous and vague pronouns
Example: In the paper they claim these results are new.
Correction: The authors claim these results in the paper are new.
b) Diction
Example: He derived the satellite data from a Website.
Correction: He downloaded the satellite data from a Website.
c) Wordiness
Example: There are many issues we face in everyday life we live.
Correction: There are many issues we face in everyday life.
d) Missing subject
Example: If your car is parked here and not eating at the restaurant, it will be towed away.
Correction: If you park here and do not eat at the restaurant, your car will be towed away.
E) Weak passive verbs
Example: When we take the data, the sampling sites are being selected first.
Example: Before we take the data, we select the sampling sites first.
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