Tips and discussion for communicating in chaos, with an aim for better Plain Writing Act of 2010 compliance and radio discipline.
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Stop Nouning My Verbs!
Most articles you may read, like this, are written by professional writers and editors in the literary trades, however, the fundamentals of clear, efficient and unambiguous communicating and messaging apply, with implications for journalism, planning, reporting and ordering.
You might also consider the pros and cons of back-formations, like, “adulting”.
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Communication problems:
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Exceptionally poor training. Clever. It’s survival radio, not radar, although that did not seem to be insurmountable, the operator clearly did not understand what a Mayday means, other than emotional distress of some kind, and engaged in psychotherapy instead of his job.
Not much more to say about a comedy, other than it would be useful to be briefed, at the very least, on what that procedure actually is, even if explaining the dark humor makes it less funny.
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If wordrake’s article seems too much like a sales pitch (I found it to be a pretty easy and concise read that touches on the major liabilities, never tried the software), Helen Sword is considered to be one of the main sources on why and how to reduce your nomin-aliz-ations, and yet still express complex things in a meaningful way.
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