Grammatically Correct: The writer's essential guide to punctuation ...

STYLE
tation. Although it is preferable to avoid using the same word over
and over, never do so at the expense of clarity.
USING JARGON APPROPRIATELY
The term jargon can be understood in two ways. At its best, it refers
to the vocabulary of a specialized field of knowledge: law, medicine,
sports, car mechanics, computer programming, musicology, publishing
and so on. Every field has terms that may be obscure or unintelligible
to outsiders, but serve the purpose of labeling things unambiguously
and capturing complex ideas in a concise manner. If such
terms didn't exist, it would be necessary to use wordy definitions
and explanations.
When you write on complex topics, you may be faced with a
decision as to whether you should use jargonistic words or substitute
terms that would be more generally understood. The answer comes
down to the following: Know your audience. Some terms may not
be appropriate for the average layperson-for example, you'd want
to avoid obscure medical jargon in a pamphlet aimed at patients (or
at least follow the terms with explanations, if they're unavoidable).
However, to use the simpler words in an article on the same subject
aimed at physicians would verge on insulting.
If you feel that you personally are a reasonable representative of
your intended readership, do not include any unexplained terms
that you yourself do not understand (or must look up in order to
understand). Conversely, if you are being hired to write something
for an audience that is trained in ways you are not, and have been
provided with information that includes professional jargon, do not
automatically delete or replace terms just because you are not familiar
with them.
Jargon is without merit when it is used not because no more
precise terms exist, but in order to inflate the importance of what's
being said (or often, to disguise the fact that nothing very important
is being said in the first place). This isn't to say that you should
"dumb down" your style: Very often a longer or more exotic word
does capture a meaning more precisely or effectively. What you
ought to avoid is putting down pretentious words when perfectly
good simpler equivalents are available. There is no need to say
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