: Re: Book recommendations for writing better technical papers My employer has presented me with two books to read to help me write better technical papers and emails. Essentials of English Grammar

@Carla500

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I do actually read certain dictionaries and encyclopedias for fun, so I won't be of much help, other than offering another vote for Strunk & White. :)

Actually, I feel like you're going about this a little backwards. You say you weren't given a bullet list of to-fixes, but you did a self-assessment. I don't know how much that's going to help you — if you knew what needed fixing, wouldn't you have done it correctly in the first place?

My suggestion is to find an editor to go over several of your pieces and build that bullet list with you, so that you have an outside, professional opinion about what you need to work on. Then you can focus on those areas, and read just those sections of the books instead of fighting through explanations which put you to sleep and don't apply to you.

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