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» Publications » Helpful Hints for Technical Writing

From 1987 to 1996, Weed Technology featured “Helpful Hints”, a series of essays giving stylistic and grammatical advice to authors of scientific papers. As a service to our current authors, the collected Helpful Hints are now available free of charge.

  • Avoid Direct Objects Derived from Verbs
  • Avoid Subjects Derived from Verbs
  • That or Which?
  • Avoid Adjectives Derived from Verbs
  • Avoid Double Trouble
  • Seed, Seeds, and Seedlings
  • Don’t Write Ambiguously
  • Jargon in Technical Writing
  • Careful Research Planning Facilitates Writing
  • More Information Without More Words
  • Statement of Results as Titles
  • Love Thy Reviewer as Thyself
  • Be Sure Pronouns and Antecedents Agree
  • Strive for Reader-Friendly Writing
  • Nouns as Adjectives
  • Technical Writing Compared With Other Writing
  • Be Careful with the Term “Result in”
  • The Indispensable Outline
  • Authors Are Responsible to Serve as Reviewers
  • Avoid Redundancy in Writing
  • Avoid Excess Words
  • Avoid Dangling Participles
  • Writing Effective Paragraphs
  • Adding a Preposition Can Improve Readability and Avoid Ambiguity
  • Misuse of “Occur”
  • Examples of Good and Bad Technical Writing
  • Don’t Misuse the Verb “to be”
  • Strive for Direct Expression
  • Mean What You Write and Write What You Mean
  • Affect and Effect Are Problem Words
  • Some Troublesome Words
  • Drastic Revision May Be Needed
  • Use Enough Words
  • The Semicolon
  • The Comma
  • Speculation in Scientific Writing
  • Simple Things Can Affect Clarity

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Weeds

  • Weed Identification
  • Composite List of Weeds
  • Herbicide Resistance
  • Biological Control
  • Herbicides
  • Education
  • Invasive Plants
  • Milkweeds
  • Poisonous Plants
  • Allergies
  • Garden Weeds
  • Myths on Weed Control
  • Surveys
  • Crop Loss
  • Technology Stewardship
  • Extension Weed Scientist Contacts
  • Fact Sheets

Publications

  • Newsletters
  • Newsletter Archive
  • WSSA Book Store

Society

  • Information
  • Directories
  • EPA Liaison
  • Science Policy
  • WSSA NIFA Fellow
  • Student Resources
  • Jobs
  • Press Room
  • Awards
  • Funding and Grants
  • WSSA Book Store
  • Committees

Meetings

  • 2021 Annual Meeting
  • Previous Annual Meetings
  • Meeting Abstracts
  • Board / Business Meetings
  • Calendar of Meetings
  • WSSA Awards

Links

  • WSSA Affiliated Weed Science Societies
  • Weed Science Orgs
  • Non-profit Orgs
  • University Weed Science
  • Government
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