32.14 TECHNICAL ENGLISH
The table below indicates some good and poor choices for words and terms to use in technical papers.
Table 2: Technical Words and Phrases
Good |
Bad |
calculated |
found, |
measured |
read |
chose |
optimized |
parallax error |
human error |
damper |
dampener (makes things wet) |
resistor |
resister (someone who resists) |
build, calculate, write |
create |
shows |
represent |
Table 3: Plain English
Good |
Bad |
was |
it became obvious that came in at representing |
|
|
Generally bad phrases,
was looked thorough ---> reviewed
found - measured, calculated