英文手順書の文体研究

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Why some books telling procedures seem to be hard to read for their users? This report shows some characteristics of the sentences in computer manuals. Generally speaking users' manuals of personal computers are notorious for its difficulty in referring or understanding. In comparison with paragraphs showing the recipe for a meal, those in computer manuals have more variety in subjects, for example. To know such characteristics in style is also useful in teaching technical English because more efficiency and explicitness are required in communication today.
2004-02-10