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Adventures “In Question” in Plain Writing

© Ugur Akinci I have a confession to make. I have a bad habit. Once in a while I emphasize an object with the qualifier “in question”. For example: “Save the variable in question to the database.” What...

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Plain Writing is the Law in the United States

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Adventures “In Question” in Plain Writing

© Ugur Akinci I have a confession to make. I have a bad habit. Once in a while I emphasize an object with the qualifier “in question”. For example: “Save the variable in question to the database.” What...

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Plain Writing is the Law in the United States

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2 Methods to Avoid Gender Ambiguity

© Ugur Akinci One of the hardest things in writing English is to avoid using the third person singular pronouns, unless you are writing for an exclusively male or female group. Every time I see a...

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How to Write a Great Topic Sentence for a Paragraph

© Ugur Akinci A TOPIC SENTENCE is the first lead sentence in a paragraph consisting of multiple sentences. The topic sentence summarize the main idea of the paragraph. It sets the expectation about...

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Adventures "In Question" in Plain Writing

(Copyright-free photo by Tran Mau Tri Tam Unsplash dot com) © Ugur Akinci I have a confession to make. I have a bad habit. Once in a while I emphasize an object with the qualifier “in question”. For...

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2 Methods to Avoid Gender Ambiguity

© Ugur Akinci One of the hardest things in writing English is to avoid using the third person singular pronouns, unless you are writing for an exclusively male or female group. Every time I see a...

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How to Write a Great Topic Sentence for a Paragraph

© Ugur Akinci A TOPIC SENTENCE is the first lead sentence in a paragraph consisting of multiple sentences. The topic sentence summarize the main idea of the paragraph. It sets the expectation about...

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Eliminate “Necessary”​ and “Unnecessary”​ for Better Communication in Writing

Get rid of these two major sources of uncertainty and ambiguity to become a better writer… I forgot the number of times in private and corporate communications that I came across expressions,...

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