Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

When writing about technical subjects, use the correct nouns and verbs as synonyms don’t work.

In various forms of writing about technical subjects, synonyms don’t work. For example, when describing electric current, flow—as in the flow of electrons or current—can’t be replaced by drift or glide, which are otherwise perfectly good synonyms for flow.

There are many other examples to cite, but not necessary here. What is necessary, is that when discussing topics with practitioners,

Learn the correct nouns and verbs and learn when synonyms won’t work.