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BUGS in Writing, written with verve and wit, may be the first book on writing that people read for sheer fun. Designed for easy browsing, it comprises 150 independent and easily digestible segments. BUGS was developed for anyone who writes and who works with computers, including computer and other scientists, students, professors, business people, programmers, and technical writers. A Humorous, Practical Guide To Identifying And Correcting Common Problems In Technical And Other Forms Of Writing. Read Me: Ear -- 1. Passive Or Missing Agents -- 2. You And Your Reader -- 3. So, So That, Such That -- 4. Two Or More -- 5. Only -- 6. Redundant Terms -- 7. Pronouns -- 8. Undefined This -- 9. Motivate -- 10. Oxymorons -- 11. Shall Versus Will -- 12. Key Terms -- 13. Proven Versus Proved -- 14. Everyone, Someone, No One, None -- 15. Colon -- 16. Effort -- 17. Which Versus That -- 18. Spread-out Phrases -- 19. While -- 20. Repeated Prepositions -- 21. Abbreviations And Acronyms -- 22. Verbize -- 23. Commas -- 24. Number Spelling -- 25. Impact -- 26. Lists -- 27. Like Versus Such As -- 28. Either And Both -- 29. Hyphens -- 30. Full Versus Incomplete Infinitives -- 31. Titles -- 32. Contractions -- 33. Per -- 34. Number Styles -- 35. Quotations -- 36. Fuzzy Words -- 37. Parentheses -- 38. Split Infinitives -- 39. Is Due To -- 40. Center On -- 41. Quotation Marks -- 42. Remarks Inserted After That -- 43. Figure Captions -- 44. Data -- 45. Ensure, Assure, Insure -- 46. Foreword Versus Forward -- 47. Blocks:theorems, Proofs, Lemmas -- 48. Above And Below -- 49. En Dashes -- 50. As To Whether -- 51. Who Versus That -- 52. Though -- 53. References To Parts -- 54. Dates And Times Of Day -- 55. Reason Is Because -- 56. With Terms -- 57. Equals -- 58. Placement Of Adverbs -- 59. U.s. Versus British Spelling -- 60. Placement Of Prepositions -- 61. Different From -- 62. Callouts -- 63. Exclamation Point -- 64. Deduce Versus Infer -- 65. Citations -- 66. The Fact That -- 67. Cross-references -- 68. Proposals -- 69. Better, Best, Worst....291 -- 70. Missing Words -- 71. Aggravate -- 72. Upon -- 73. Whether Versus If -- 74. Sections And Heads -- 75. Comprise -- 76. In Order To -- 77. Em Dashes -- 78. Eminent, Emanate, Imminent, Immanent -- 79. Expected But Nonarriving Agents -- 80. Its Versus It's -- 81. Adverbs Versus Adjectives -- 82. Persons Versus People -- 83. Cap /lc -- 84. Feel Versus Think -- 85. Parallelism -- 86. Points Of Ellipsis -- 87. Last -- 88. Focus On -- 89. Troublesome Plurals -- 90. Around -- 91. Nose -- 92. Literal And Virtual -- 93. Semicolon -- 94. Code -- 95. Comparatives -- 96. Tables -- 97. Tense -- 98. Abstracts -- 99. Neither Nor -- 100. Will Likely Be -- 101. Importantly -- 102. Since -- 103. References -- 104. Cannot Versus Can Not -- 105. Also -- 106. Nonwords -- 107. Missing That -- 108. All Of -- 109. Utilize -- 110. Dissertations -- 111. Issue -- 112. Terms For Human-computer Interaction -- 113. So Called -- 114. Note That Versus Notice That -- 115. Affect Versus Effect -- 116. Indices Versus Indexes -- 117. Solidus -- 118. Equations -- 119. Half -- 120. Media -- 121. Not Versus Rather Than -- 122. Visual Aids For Presentations -- 123. Plural Abbreviations -- 124. Style Sheets And Spell Checkers -- 125. Maybe Versus May Be -- 126. Figures -- 127. Gender-specific Words -- 128. Continuous Versus Continual -- 129. Fewer Versus Less -- 130. Italic Type -- 131. Truncated Words -- 132. Percent -- 133. Object, Modifier, Activity -- 134. Rewords -- 135. Further Versus Farther -- 136. Pronouns For Recipients -- 137. Authorship On Research Articles -- 138. Respectively -- 139. Possessives -- 140. Cliches, Jargon, And Euphemisms -- 141. Design Elements And Eye -- 142. Word Match -- 143. Sex Versus Gender -- 144. Awhile -- 145. Footnotes -- 146. Mouth -- 147. Boxes -- 148. Exercises, Examples, And Questions -- 149. Writer's Block. Lyn Dupré. Includes Indexes. Contents Foreword Read Me: Ear Segments 1 Passive or Missing Agents 2 You and Your Reader 3 So, So That, Such That 4 Two or More 5 Only 6 Redundant Terms 7 Pronouns 8 Undefined This 9 Motivate 10 Oxymorons 11 Shall Versus Will 12 Key Terms 13 Proven Versus Proved 14 Everyone, Someone, No One, None 16 Effort 17 Which Versus That 18 Spread-Out Phrases 19 While 20 Repeated Prepositions 21 Abbreviations and Acronyms 22 Verbize 23 Commas 24 Number Spelling 25 Impact 26 Lists 27 Like Versus Such As 28 Either and Both 29 Hyphens 30 Full Versus Incomplete Infinitives 31 Titles 32 Contractions 33 Per 34 Number Styles 35 Quotations 36 Fuzzy Words 37 Parentheses 38 Split Infinitives 39 Is Due To 40 Center On 41 Quotation Marks 42 Remarks Inserted After That 43 Figure Captions 44 Data 45 Ensure, Assure, Insure 46 Foreword Versus Forward 47 Blocks: Theorems, Proofs, Lemmas 48 Above and Below 49 En Dashes 50 As to Whether 51 Who Versus That 52 Though 53 References to Parts 54 Dates and Times of Day 55 Reason Is Because 56 With Terms 57 Equals 58 Placement of Adverbs 59 U.S. Versus British Spelling 60 Placement of Prepositions 61 Different From 62 Callouts 63 Exclamation Point 64 Deduce Versus Infer 65 Citations 66 The Fact That 67 Cross-References 68 Proposals 69 Better, Best, Worst 70 Missing Words 71 Aggravate 72 Upon 73 Whether Versus If 74 Sections and Heads 75 Comprise 76 In Order To 77 Em Dashes 78 Eminent, Emanate, Imminent, Immanent 79 Expected but Nonarriving Agents 80 Its Versus It's 81 Adverbs Versus Adjectives 82 Persons Versus People 83 Cap/lc 84 Feel Versus Think 85 Parallelism 86 Points of Ellipsis 87 Last 88 Focus On 89 Troublesome Plurals 90 Around 91 Nose 92 Literal and Virtual 93 Semicolon 94 Code 95 Comparatives 96 Tables 97 Tense 98 Abstracts 99 Neither Nor 100 Will Likely Be 101 Importantly 102 Since 103 References 104 Cannot Versus Can Not 105 Also 106 Nonwords 107 Missing That 108 All Of 109 Utilize 110 Dissertations 111 Issue 112 Terms for Human-Computer Interaction 113 So Called 114 Note That Versus Notice That 115 Affect Versus Effect 116 Indices Versus Indexes 117 Solidus 118 Equations 119 Half 120 Media 121 Not Versus Rather Than 122 Visual Aids for Presentations 123 Plural Abbreviations 124 Style Sheets and Spell Checkers 125 Maybe Versus May Be 126 Figures 127 Gender-Specific Words 128 Continuous Versus Continual 129 Fewer Versus Less 130 Italic Type 131 Truncated Words 132 Percent 133 Object, Modifier, Activity 134 Rewords 135 Further Versus Fart her 136 Pronouns for Recipients 137 Authorship on Research Articles 138 Respectively 139 Possessives 140 Clichés, Jargon, and Euphemisms 141 Design Elements and Eye 142 Word Match 143 Sex Versus Gender 144 Awhile 145 Footnotes 146 Mouth 147 Boxes 148 Exercises, Examples, and Questions 149 Writer's Block 150 Acknowledgments Index by Category Conventions and Standards Formats for Information Parsing, Syntax, and Parts of Speech Punctuation Marks Terms Often Confused Terms Often Misused Terms to Avoid Terms Tricky to Handle Types of Documents Writers' Characteristics Index of Principles Index of Photographs About the Author As computers become ubiquitous in our society, more people are focusing on learning technology--often at the expense of developing more basic academic skills, most notably proper writing.Revised and enhanced, this critically acclaimed and highly praised handbook provides a light, but thorough approach to learning better writing style.