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Keep Your Reader in Mind
Grammar and style are important; we offered our short list of rules and suggestions in Chapter 5. Here we consider the content of your writing, and urge you to always keep the reader in mind. Make it a goal to ease the burden on the audience. Care invested in a document will be appreciated.
6.1 More Rules and Suggestions
Proofread every sentence. Revise, revise, revise.
Put yourself in the position of the target reader, and read.
Read each piece as you complete it. After each edit, return to the start of the paragraph and read the change in context. If you think you’re done writing, read the entire manuscript from start to finish. Read for comprehension, assuming you know only what the target reader should ...
