时间:2011-09-15 17:00来源:蓝天飞行翻译 作者:航空 点击:次
Example: These safety precautions are the minimum necessary for work in a fuel tank. But the local regulations can make other safety precautions necessary. Section 5 - Procedures Summary of the Rules RULE: 5.1 Keep procedural sentences as short as possible (20 words maximum). RULE: 5.2 Write only one instruction per sentence. RULE: 5.3 Write more than one instruction per sentence only when more than one action is done at the same time. RULE: 5.4 In an instruction, write the verb in the imperative ("commanding") form. RULE: 5.5 If you start an instruction with a descriptive statement (dependent clause), you must separate that statement from the rest of the instruction with a comma. Refer also to these rules, which are closely related: Word Counts: Rules 8.2, 8.4 thru 8.9 Active Voice of Verbs: Rule 3.6 Tabular Layout: Rules 4.3, 8.1 Sentence Length RULE: 5.1 Keep procedural sentences as short as possible (20 words maximum). The maximum length of a procedural sentence is 20 words. (Refer to Section 8 for the rules about word count.) Example: WRITE: (1) Remove the electrical power from the system. (Seven words) (2) Make sure the refueling panel switches go back to their correct position (Twelve words) NOT: After you have removed the electrical power from the system, make sure that the refueling panel switches go back to their normal position. (Twenty-three words) |