Diction refers to the technical writer's or the presenter's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression. It is a part of rhetoric.
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We see it everywhere: our schools, our places of business, even in notes stuck on our refrigerator. Yes, my friends, I’m talking about apostrophe abuse. The Obama administration, faced with two wars and an economy teetering on the edge of disaster, is unlikely to make this a priority. So it’s our duty as professional communicators to stamp it out.
Wenger, Andrea. Carolina Communique (2009). Articles>Communication>Diction>Grammar
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Tech Writer - Glossary of Terms and Acronyms 
Some basic terms and acronyms useful to the technical writer operating in Australia.
docDownload (2009). Resources>Dictionaries>Technical Writing>Glossary
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When Should You Definitely Use Jargon in a Technical Document?
As a technical writer you’ve heard this piece of sage writing advice a thousand times: you should stay away from jargon and write as you speak. It’s basic. Strunk & White said so, didn’t they? It’s true. But is this rule true ALL the time, unconditionally? No, I’m afraid it is not. Life has its exceptions. And so does this “rule.”
Akinci, Ugur. Technical Communication Center (2009). Articles>Writing>Diction>Technical Writing
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Technical and Copy Writing: How to Use Causality Correctly
Organize your writing so that it becomes very clear what kind of cause-and-effect relationship exists between different elements of your argument.
Technical Communication Center (2008). Articles>Writing>Diction>Technical Writing
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Using Verbs As Nouns in User Interfaces
To better manage interactions with such large datasets, we’ve incorporated the concept of views, in the same way that Microsoft Outlook and SQL Builder use them. However, my initial usability testing has found that the concept of views is escaping most people, and I think it often boils down to the term itself. Even if I show users what the software does—and they pretty much always like it when they see it—they still often cannot get over the initial hurdle of the naming convention.
Six, Janet M. UXmatters (2009). Articles>User Experience>Diction>User Interface
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One of the difficult concepts to understand in the English language is perhaps the manner in which articles are used in a sentence. Over the course of one's life history, every student of English has had to face this nightmare at one point of time or another. The verbs are all in place and you know the nouns, the pronouns are fairly obvious, and the prepositions can eventually be worked out, but what comes before the word year and what comes before SMS is tricky.
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Considering Culture-Bound Terminology
It is clear that the term blacklist, and the newer term whitelist, and yes, graylist, are not racist in origin. Nor are they used today with any connotation about race. But these terms are culture-bound and might present globalization issues. That is, the colors black and white are not globally perceived as negative and positive, respectively. In some cultures, the meaning is the opposite.
Kocher, Sue. Carolina Communique (2009). Articles>Language>Diction>Professionalism
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I was disappointed yesterday when, while cruising Facebook, I noticed a national pharmacy company’s request for me to “fan” them. I simply cannot agree to become a fan of a company that thinks turning nouns into verbs is hip and thereby will increase its customer base. If they had instead asked me to “become a fan”, I may have indeed considered it.
Sohayda, Jeannine. Daily Writing Tips (2009). Articles>Writing>Diction>Grammar
