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In technical writing, I have a tic of writing in pairs. Some examples from a recent piece: "When you speak, be sure to be clear and concise." "Face to face conversation is personal and private." ...
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System
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2019-12-08T04:35:05Z (about 5 years ago)
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philosophyguy
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2019-12-08T04:35:05Z (about 5 years ago)
In technical writing, I have a tic of writing in pairs. Some examples from a recent piece: - "When you speak, be sure to be **clear and concise**." - "Face to face conversation is **personal and private**." - "Great communicators know how to provide the right degree of **guidance and structure.** I'd like to get better at editing out these tics (or at least making them less prevalent), but I struggle because I want to use the pair to draw out shades of meaning. For instance, in the last example, great communicators provide guidance to the recipients about what the audience should think, but they also provide structure in how the audience will get there, organizing the thinking process along the way. Are there any suggestions for how to work on this tic?
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System
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2015-08-28T12:33:06Z (over 9 years ago)
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