| Finally, Steve has finished. Now all
he needs to do are a few last checks:
- Correct content and format, follow any layout
specifications you have been given about font size, margin size, spacing
etc
- Clarity using correct technical vocabulary
- Good spelling, punctuation and grammar
- Sentences which are not too long
- Numbered pages
- Numbered illustrations or figures
- Caption titles under illustrations or figures
If you have been given a mark sheet for
the report, check that you have done
everything you can to gain maximum
marks for each section.
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When he has finished, he prints it off and hands it in.
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That is the end of this module on writing a report. You
have covered the following curriculum objectives:
- Select and use a format and style of writing that is appropriate to
your purpose and complexity of the subject matter
- Organise material coherently to suit the length, complexity and purpose of your document
- Spell, punctuate and use grammar accurately
- Make your meaning clear
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