TY - BOOK AU - Sharma, S. D TI - A text book of scientific and technical communication writing for engineers and professionals SN - 8176257516 U1 - 621.382 PY - 2007/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sarup & Sons KW - Technical writing--Study and teaching N1 - 1. Origin, Development, Definition, Qualities and Different Sourcesof Technical Communication Writing 1-13 Definition; qualities; chronological development , the Egyptian sources; the Greek writers; the Roman Writers;the American sources;the modern writers; assignments. 2. Salient Features of Technical Communication Writing and Style 14-31 (a) Brevity; clarity; objectivity; simplicity; utility; technical presentation. (b) Technical writing or style versus general writing or style; brevity versus diffuseness; clarity versus ambiguity; objectivity; versus subjectivity; simplicity versus pom posity; utility versus pleasurability; Illustrative Specimen; assignments. 3. Grammatical Prerequisites of Technical Communication Writing 32-46 Singular and plural; possessive; agreement of verb with subject (concord);adverb; adjective;time and tense; infinitive; participle; gerund; fairly and rather; a lot of and a long way; there is and it is; punctuation ; assignments. 4. Basics of Functional Grammar of Technical Communication 47-69 ER -