3.5 GENERAL FORMATTING
Some general formatting items are,
- use engineering notation (move exponents 3 places) so that units are always micro, milli, kilo, mega, giga, etc.
- keep it simple (especially the introduction) - most authors trying to be eloquent end up sounding long winded and pretentious. For example, "Electronic computer based digital readings can provided a highly accurate data source to improve the quality of the ascertained data." could be replaced with "Computer based data collection is more accurate."
- get to the point and be concise. For example, "Readings of the pressure, as the probe was ascending up the chimney towards the top, were taken." is better put "Pressure probe readings were taken as the probe was inserted".
- don't be afraid to reuse terms, phases or words if it is an exact description. For example, we could increase confusion by also describing translation as motion, movement, sliding, displacing, etc.
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