Tag: reader
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Letting Acronyms and Abbreviations Work for You
A letter I sent to my friends Frank, a scuba diving instructor, and Terry, a radar engineer, came back to me because I didn’t have the right zip code. You may not know it, but the sentence above has three acronyms in it, specifically SCUBA (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus), RADAR (radio detection and ranging), and…
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Avoiding Excessive Repetition of Words
My dissertation, completed over 40 years ago, dealt with the antislavery movement in Ohio. Not surprisingly, various forms of the word “slavery” appeared frequently throughout my composition. Besides slaves themselves, there were slave laws, slave states, and slaveholders as well as debates on slavery, petitions on slavery, slavery supporters, and slavery opponents. Then, of course,…
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Some Additional Thoughts on Keeping a Diary
After posting my “tips” on keeping a diary about a month ago, I had some additional thoughts on that topic. At the core of these additional thoughts are two basic facts. First, your purpose in keeping a diary will determine in large part what you include and exclude in your entries. Second, unless you plan…