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In article <Bz261F.Htu@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>, alongley@cape.UWaterloo.ca (Allan Longley) writes:
|> In article choy@skorpio.usask.ca (I am a terminator.) writes:
|> 
|> >I wanted to throw up when I read the articles in IEEE Potentials (a little
|> >magazine that you get every once in a while when you join the IEEE).
|> 
|> There are two major errors in the previous sentence; (1) the term "throw up"
|> is actually a slang term and is spelled either throwup or throw-up, (2) the
|> sentence begings in the past tense, but ends in the present tense.
                    
BIG FAT hairy deal. 
                   
|> >The diagnosis for the problem that I won't describe (no space): lack of
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|> >understanding for the material? Or lack of a feeling of what to say? You
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|> >get an overview of whatever subject, but don't look too closely at the
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|> >details.
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|> This previous sentence is confusing (as a result of poor punctuation) and
|> incredibly long (41 words).

NOT!

|> >You'll be confused and derive contradictions.
|> 
|> Why will I be confused and derive contradictions?

You will. That's the problem. People who write have to check for
consistency. It's like running theorist.

|> >Things don't get a whole lot better when you get into more formal stuff.

|> What things?  How do you "get into more formal stuff", would this be a suit?

Things in general. The presented material. You know, formal presentations
as opposed to informal ones. You can wear a suit to read the formal stuff,
but I'd rather not. I find a lot of humor and relaxation when I read
formal engineering writing.

|> I agree that engineers must communicate better.  Better communication is not
|> a quality that is changed instantly.  Each individual engineer must work to
|> improve his own communication skills.  Only through individual effort can
|> the spectre of poor communication in engineering be cast out.

I read a book called "Beginning Logic" by E.J. Lemmon. It was a bit nutty,
but I learned something. A bit about writing and communicating, and more on
writing and communicating. A lot on thinking. For me it was a step forward.

Henry Choy
choy@cs.usask.ca