Journal articles word choice

The words chosen by a writer are one of the defining characteristics of that author s style however, word choice is not governed by style alone. The audience for a paper (as discussed in Chapter 3) must influence a writer s choice of words so that the writer can select words that are likely to be known to the audience and define the words that are not. The type of document also may influence a writer s word choices because some documents, such as scientific papers, journal articles, and books, tend to more formal word usage, whereas other documents, such as e-mails, allow less formality. 

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