Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Oct 1977

Technical Writing, Stylistics, and TG Grammar

Richard David Ramsey

Abstract

Modern technical writing often suffers from its tendency toward jargon. Technical writing courses should include units on grammar as it relates to stylistics in technical writing. Transformational-generative grammar offers an effective and useful approach to train technical writers to communicate more effectively and to avoid the problems inherent in an impersonal style. One way of organizing a discussion of transformational-generative grammar is to consider its application to sentences and clauses, phrases, and individual words.

Journal
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published
1977-10-01
DOI
10.2190/g5e2-ex1u-c47b-h5wj
Topics
multimodality technical communication voice and style

Citation Context

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    Strategies for Teaching and Administering Technical Writing
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