DocumentCode :
1548239
Title :
Verbal pollution
Author :
Smith, F.R.
Author_Institution :
McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, MO, USA
Issue :
3
fYear :
1979
Firstpage :
165
Lastpage :
169
Abstract :
Pretentious, wordy writing occurs because written English is different from spoken English and because writers have developed bad habits. Four specific varieties of verbal pollution are (1) the smothered verb, (2) the freight-train adjectival phrase, (3) the indiscriminate use of jargon, and (4) the habitual hedge. Once their causes and symptoms are understood, these faults are easy to detect and eliminate.
Keywords :
technical presentation; adjectival phrase; smothered verb; spoken English; technical presentation; verbal pollution; written English;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0361-1434
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TPC.1979.6501742
Filename :
6501742
Link To Document :
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