TAILIEUCHUNG - MODULE 5: 20 RULES OF PLAIN ENGLISH

We also thought it would be useful to present the descriptive statistics in a way that would highlight how good and poor comprehenders in English differed from each other on other components of reading measured when students were in the second grade and later in fourth grade. Tables 3-1 and 3-2 display testing results for bilingual students who, in fourth grade, tested in the top and bottom third of the score distribution on the WLPB English passage comprehension test. Those high- and low-performing students were categorized by language of instruction (., those who received English-language instruction versus Spanish-language. | Module Five 20 Rules of Plain English 55 MODULE 5 20 Rules of Plain English Now that you ve mastered the basics of plain English you ll want to learn more of the rules. This module covers 20 of the most important rules to remember as you write. These are the rules that most writing styleguides agree on. Of course rules are meant to be broken and these are no exception. The rules are meant to provide you with useful guidelines to help you make writing decisions not to be followed slavishly. 20 key rules write in parallel ways keep related words together use prepositions with care distinguish which from that avoid surplus nouns avoid noun and modifier strings use pronouns with care avoid slang be gender neutral be specific avoid clichés place modifiers carefully avoid unnecessary qualification use contractions be concise avoid foreign words capitalize properly abbreviate with care write numbers consistently ignore some old rules 56 Sharpening Your Writing Skills Write in parallel ways Parallelism means being consistent in how you structure your writing. Once you establish a pattern use it. Parallelism makes reading faster and easier. Keep items in a list parallel. Each item should be constructed in a similar way and start with the same kind of word such as a noun or verb. If one item is a whole sentence they all should be. Examples Parallel sentences Originally writing was taught by analysis while now a synthesis approach is used. Not parallel Originally writing was taught by analysis now it is taught by synthesis. Parallel The evaluation report was written outlining the case study and with a list of contributors. Not parallel The evaluation report was written outlining the case study and listing the contributors. Parallel Example Not parallel list Students must bring the following items styleguide bring pencils and pens You should bring a word processor. Example Parallel list Students must bring the following items styleguide pencils and pens word processor Exercise

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