Title :
Lead your ACE: Accuracy, clarity, and effectiveness in technical writing
Author_Institution :
Humanities Department at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801
fDate :
3/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Accuracy, clarity, and efffectiveness are basic qualities of good technical writing. If there is conflict in accommodating all three simultaneously, or when stylistic choices are being considered, writers should not sacrifice accuracy for clarity nor accuracy and clarity for effectiveness. The priority of accommodation is accuracy, clarity, effectiveness: ACE.
Keywords :
Accuracy; Dictionaries; Helium; Planets; Visualization;
Journal_Title :
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPC.1983.6448654