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Choice of words for a report
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07/02/2014 13:50:35
Dragan Nedeljkovich (En ligne)
Now officially retired
Zrenjanin, Serbia
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Business
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Rédaction technique
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Thread ID:
01593494
Message ID:
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>>I created a report that shows when changes were done to an order and who made the changes. Now I am looking for a title for this report.
>>My choices are:
>>
>>Order changes audit report
>>Order audit report
>>Order audit of changes report
>>Order changes report
>>
>>Which one of the above makes sense to you? or do you have another suggestion?
>
>Neither, because "order" has too many meanings and if it's the first word, it takes reading through to the end to understand which meaning applies.
>
>"Audit of order changes" would be my preference. The "of" is, I guess, early enough to dispell the possibility that the reader may take "audit" as a verb. If you line up four nouns and assume that the reader will automatically use each in the same way as you intended (which noun will act as a verb or an adjective, and if the latter, in which order will they apply), you may expect surprises.
>
>English language is a minefield.

Thank you.
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