Writing Clear Instructions

How to write instructions clearly?

It is important to write clearly and with a positive tone. It is generally easier to get your point across when using positive statements as opposed to negative statement. When ever you can try to avoid negative statements or negative connotations. If you need to use negative statements or negative connotations try to keep them down to minimum.



What are positive statement?
Positive statements don't have to have a positive meaning. It is possible to have a sentence that is positive grammatically with a negative connotation.

Example:
■I know you you will fail your test.

■We forgot to do our homework.

What are negative statements?
Negative states are statements that contain the word(s) not, don't, can't etc. Negative statements can be grammatically negative with a positive connotation.

Examples:
■I know you didn't fail your test.

■We did not forget to do our homework.