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Unit Six

Learn to identify illogical and ambiguous comparisons, as well as words that have been carelessly omitted in technical writing. Improve clarity and accuracy in your writing by double-checking for errors. Examples provided for better understanding.

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Unit Six

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  1. Unit Six Double Check for Faulty Comparisons and Omissions 再次檢查錯誤的比較詞及粗心的疏漏

  2. Sentence that contain comparisons that are illogical and incomplete create further ambiguity in technical writing. • Editor must also recognize words that have been carelessly omitted.

  3. Example • (Original) The novel algorithm calculates the variables more efficiently. • In the sentence, The novel algorithm calculates the variables more efficiently thanwhat? • (Revised) The novel algorithm calculates the variables more efficiently than conventional ones.

  4. Example • (Original) The students respect the teacher more than the graduate student. • Depending the author’s intended meaning, the revised sentence should read as • (Revised) The students respect the teacher more than they respect the graduate student. • (Revised) The students prefer the teacher more than the graduate student does.

  5. Example • (Original) The new rules are as stringent, if not more stringent than, the old ones. • (Revised) The new rules are as stringent as, if not more stringent than, the old ones.

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