Writing Guide
Introduction | Document structure | Style | Using references | Language, words & format |
Preparation for reproduction | Tips for writing | References on style and writing | Some final words
A final word or two
'Never fear big words. Long words name little things. All big things have little names, such as life and death, peace and war, or dawn, day, night, love, home. Learn to use little words in a big way - it is hard to do. But they say what you mean. When you don't know what you mean use big words: they often fool little people.'
SSC Booknews, July 1981.
'Sermons on brevity and chastity are about equally effective. Verbal promiscuity flows from poverty of language and obesity of thought, and from an unseemly haste to reach print - a premature ejaculation, as it were.'
Eli Chernin.
This guide was prepared by Sandra Nichols, in consultation with the academic staff of the Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University.
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