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8/3/2019 Writing Style Final
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Writing Style for Effective
Communication
Mukta Atrey
Project Ekalavya under NMEICT
IIT Bombay
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First impressions!
Clarity of statement
Learning languages through technology
mirrors the sources behind it. The
technological equipments start its teachingwith listening.
Concise sentences (short and meaningful)
Come to the point immediately
(do not repeat ideas)
Avoid verbosity
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Use simple, clear language
Dont InsteadDO
It can be ascertained from the t-test
that the performance of the
randomly-chosen sample in the
experimental group, which wassubject to the treatment, was more
effective in the assessment designed
for the study, than the sample in the
control group.
Students who participated in
collaborative work performed
better on the test than those
who did not. We performed thet-test to determine if the
difference in the two groups
was significant.
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Clarity?
Computers slowly reduce the using of the other
technologies out of date at the tertiary level
especially in technical education. Indirectly it has
made the pupil and the teacher to be addicted touse the technology not only in learning languages
but also enhancing the learning of major subjects
through continuous using of technology. Many
researchers are breaking their brains in introducingnew methods through technology. But using of
technology depends upon the attitude of the
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Sometime(s) this approach may lead to violation of
SLA because it estimate(s) the heuristic cost by using
the waiting time and it give(s) more priority to the
job which is having (has) less heuristic cost. (The)
Main reason here is (that) some job might have less
heuristic cost and it is not the deadline based job ,
(may not have a deadline;) but (however) this job is
given more priority according to this approach. But
some deadline based jobs might have more heuristic
cost which will (may) suffer by starvation due to less
priority over the heuristic cost estimation.
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Abstract: We address to the pro
blem of Privacy Preserving BackPropagation Algorithm for a Vertically Partitioned Dataset. To
enhance cooperations in learning, it is important to address the
privacy concern of each data holder by extending the privacy
preservation notion to original learning algorithms. In this paper,
we focus on preserving the privacy in an important learning model,multilayer neural networks. We present a privacy-preserving
multiparty distributed algorithm ofback propagation which allows
a neural network to be trained without requiring either party to
reveal her data to the others. We provide complete correctness and
security analysis of our algorithms. The effectiveness of our
algorithms is verified by experiments on various real world data
sets.
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Follow grammatical rules
Use of capital letters in the middle of
sentences sometimes leads to unintended
meaning.
As it is evident effective teaching is not
possible without appropriate Aids.
As is evident, effective teaching is not possible
without appropriate learning aids.
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Voice
Use active voice as opposed to the passive
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Dont InsteadDO
The tests were done at three
temperatures
We did the tests at three
temperatures.
It was found that We found that
It can be shown that We show that
It might be noted that this method
only works in the static situation.
We would like to emphasize that
this method only works in the static
situation.
These guidelines were thought to be
valuable because .
We value these guidelines because
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Agreement of singular andplural
Technology helps listening to
play an effective role in the
lives of the pupil. (?)
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Tenses
(Continuous present tense, past tense)
The industrial development of nations in
recent years leads to global warming and other
environmental issues. The problems of globalwarming and energy exhaustion leads to the
use of renewable energy sources such as wind,
solar, tidal etc.
It give(s) more priority to the job which is
having (has) less heuristic cost.
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Tendency to translate from ones mother
tongue into EnglishMany researchers are breaking their brains in
introducing new methods through technology.
But using of technology depends upon theattitude of the users.
Continuing on these researches we could make
the living standards of disabled persons go
high.
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The long sentence
Break up long sentences. The readergets bored if there is too much
information in one sentence and it just
goes on and on.
Use the semi-colon, comma and full stop
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Use of the Apostrophe
Its, its, there, their, theres, theyre
To enhance cooperations in learning, it isimportant to address.
In the possessive case, it is used only for living
entities.The dogs tail, the tables leg
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Some advice
AVOID
Any slang (sms lingo)
Use formal language
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Stringent Proof Reading
Following are the steps in it Contrast
intensification, Smoothing & ImageSharpeningImage Restoration attempts to
restore images.
A fully functional hearts have been alsodeveloped. (This appears in an abstract.)
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Incomplete sentences do not make complete
sense (This sentence no verb.)
The development of a numerical model to
estimate heat transfer coefficient, compare &
analyze the performance of four types of
segment designs of seven segment plasma
torch. The effect of power & mass flow rate on
the heat transfer coefficient is studied.
Some argument about where imageprocessing ends and fields such as image
analysis and computer vision start.
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Use a dictionary. Please!
Similar sounding words which have differentmeanings:
Conform, confirm,
Affect, effect,
Whether, weather
Always use the spell check function in theword processor; U.S English or U.K English?
For example, formalize or formalise?Do not shift from one to another. Stayconsistent.
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Avoid short forms
The reasons for doing this include: highlighting
interesting images& making images more
visually appealing.
The effect of power & mass flow rate on the
heat transfer coefficient is studied.
More examples: Comp. Sc., dept., with ref. to
etc.,
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Common Mistakes
Atleast At least
Allright Alright
Onto On to
Upto Up to
However, into is into!
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Useful resources
The Elements of Style by W. Strunk and E.B. White
The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers and
the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing
The Chicago Manual of Style
http://oxforddictionaries.com
http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/pu
blishing/templates.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
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Thank You!