Use Technical Words and Acronyms Appropriately

• All fields have technical words

• The words are useful when you communicate with
people in your field
• Benefit: Signal that you are qualified
• Problems
–Out of context outside of work
–Miscommunication
• Legal Language has worked its way into business writing
Thereto, herewith and ipso facto
Replace legal language with plain words
Eg. The land adjacent thereto or the adjacent land
 Use Technical Words and Acronyms Appropriately
Acronyms: Acronym is the brief version
of a collection or set of interrelated words.
Familiar Unfamiliar
IBM SEO (Search Engine
Optimization)
CEO CRM (Customer
Relationship
Management)

Add cross-references to important information / Initials . In technical information, one can help non-specialist readers
by pointing them to background sources/ expanding the initials at first. If you can’t fully explain a topic on the spot, point to
a section or chapter where it is.

Add examples to help readers understand.  One may be using examples, but the technical content or level may not be
appropriate to your readers, so change the level of your examples accordingly