Collin County Community College District
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Technical Writing Class
Cost estimates are a technical
document that is very important to
our business.
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This estimate simply estimates the
cost to physically build the project,
which is our educated guess to what
the contractors will bid on the
project.
Wordiness
All of the documents are done right
there at the station rather than being
sent all the way downtown.
Wordiness
He said there are some times when
not enough computers are accessible
at the time.
Wordiness
Most of the emails he sends are
usually not that long about a
paragraph or two.
Due to
Communication is kept to a minimum
due to the fact we are a sevenperson firm.
Miscellaneous
Usually these reports are very long
in length.
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Which is a major because if anyone
has a problem with a project they
have to be able to get a hold of him
to check on it.
Singular/Plural
These documents are worded very
technical and describe property
boundaries I high detail.
Sentence Improvements
He uses power point and other
means of projection.
Capitalization
They also use a great deal of ms
word, and power point for a design
or product.
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The length of a document depends
on what happen, for instance, if
there was a really big fire than there
will be more to write which will make
for longer report.
Essential/Nonessential Clauses
He has spend several long hours
adding a frequently asked question
page that is all inclusive. and
includes troubleshooting assistance
to the customer.
Parallel Structure
Emails are used back and forth with
co-workers, friends and business
memos.
Parallel Structure
Writing allows us to have record of a
past patient, keep in touch with our
referral clinics, and allows us to stay
aware of new products and scientific
findings.
Hyphens
Periodicals are an excellent source of
up to date information.
Use of Quotes
To wrap this paper up I asked “does
a great deal of collaboration come
with a mechanical engineering
degree.”
Acronyms
At the Wireless Network Operations
Center we utilize these tools
intensely. In a network environment
minutes wasted looking for the right
materials to get a site or piece of
equipment operational could mean
thousands of dollars, or thousands of
customers lost to the competitors . .
. . Things in the NOC move very fast.
Acronyms
The MM&P is the equivalent of an
operations bible.
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They are members of several
professional organizations such as
IEEE, (Institute of Electronics and
Electrical Engineers) this is a
networking out let and also includes
a magazine subscription that has the
latest developments in the field.
Acronyms
All the Personal Computers (PC’s) on
the network have Microsoft Office
installed.
Comma Splice
If an E-mail is too short it may
confuse people, if it is long-winded it
will quickly find it’s way to the “To
read when I have 2 hours to kill”
folder.
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He uses e-mails for many of these
writing tasks yet sometimes an old
fashion letter is still essential.
Fragments
There were all the briefs of different
cases and having to put so much
information into what is described by
the name, a brief. Summaries of the
actions that had taken place, or are
going to take place in the court.
Sentences
A few types of documents that they
have to do are: memos, incidents
reports, directives, policy
procedures, training lessons, and
apparatus specifications.
Subject Verb Agreement
His email program and server is
inter-connected with the City’s
server.
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A white paper list problems and ways
to solve the problems and
recommends which solution that
would be most economical and
beneficial for the company.
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Only a limited number of people
actually uses it.
Passive Voice
There are actually many memos and
reports that are documented
throughout the station by many of
the fire fighters.
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They use spreadsheets, excel, and
word to help them document
different forms of reports and
different personnel issues.