Summary
Grammar is a subject you could study your entire life and still be learning. This chapter gave you some building blocks for the most important aspects you need to know for technical writing. Remember the fundamental things you are trying to improve for your readers with good grammar choices:
- Remove as much of their cognitive load as possible when trying to understand complex or new topics
- Give the reader confidence that what they are reading is the best practice around a product and that the product can help them accomplish their goals
- Make it as clear as possible to readers how to accomplish a task they want to understand
- Make language as inclusive and unbiased as possible to broaden your audience and make them feel welcome
The next chapter looks at taking these grammatical building blocks and assembling them into a well-constructed page. Well-written words remain unread if they are presented poorly, hard to read, and hard to find.
