Instructions: Based on the results of your style check
of a paragraph of the Section of the Final Report, you should try to
revise the paragraph. E-mail the
paragraph revision to me as a Microsoft Word 97 or higher document.
thompson@uidaho.edu
Required assignment
Points: 1
Grade: +, 
, or 0
Due: See Content Area
Especially work on
- Using transition words
- Using a mix of long and short sentences
- Using subordinators to combine short sentences
- Avoiding Be verbs
- Avoiding Passive
Note:
When you have sentences that end and begin with the same words,
combine the sentences:
Weak: Sodium bearing waste is secondary waste. This waste is acidic.
Better: Sodium bearing waste is secondary waste that is acidic.
Better: Sodium bearing waste is acidic, secondary waste
When you have sentences that begin with “this,”
you can often combine sentences.
Weak: Once the waste has breaches its containment,
it can reach the environment though groundwater. This could be
detrimental to ….
Better: Once the waste has breaches its containment, it can reach
the environment though groundwater, which could be detrimental to….
E-mail this information to me.
thompson@uidaho.edu
