The practical uses of fire were discovered by primitive people quite accidentally. The committee chairman led the meeting. The committee chairperson led the meeting. Avoid biased language See Blair , sect 2b. Formal technical writings and presentations, including conclusions and recommendations, must be based upon fact.
Facts give a body of work credibility.
All facts must be documented to ensure that they can be later verified by a reader or an audience member. More information on correctly citing and referencing sources is contained in the next section. The consequences of not identifying other people's work and ideas are contained in the section dealing with plagiarism. One of our expectations is that you develop the ability to present a clear, concise description of a simple system or process. In the first example, note how the use of different typefaces and special symbols make the description clearer.