# Page 5–8 of 434

> **Source:** ASD-STE100 Issue 9, January 2025
> **Pages:** 5-8 of 434

# Page 5 of 434

| Item | Change |
|------|--------|
| Rule 5.4 | Wording for rule revised. Explanatory text and related examples revised or changed where<br>necessary. |
| Rule 5.5 | Explanatory text revised or changed where necessary. Explanatory text in the examples revised. New explanatory text and examples added.<br>Help added. |
| Section 6 – Descriptive writing |  |
| Content structure | Explanatory text revised. |
| Rule 6.1 | Explanatory text revised or changed where necessary. |
| Rule 6.2 | Wording for rule revised. Explanatory text revised or changed where necessary. |
| Rule 6.3 | Explanatory text revised or changed where necessary. |
| Rule 6.4 | Explanatory text revised or changed where necessary. |
| Rule 6.5 | Explanatory text revised or changed where necessary. |
| Rule 6.6 | Explanatory text revised or changed where necessary. |
| Section 7 – Safety instructions |  |
| Definitions | Explanatory text added at the end.<br>Help added. |
| Rule 7.1 | Explanatory text and related examples revised or changed where<br>necessary.<br>Help added. |
| Rule 7.2 | Wording for rule revised. Explanatory text revised or changed where necessary. |
| Rule 7.3 | Wording for rule revised. Explanatory text revised or changed where necessary. |
| Section 8 – Punctuation and word count |  |
| Punctuation | Explanatory text revised. Reference book added and information revised. |
| Rule 8.1 | Wording for rule revised. Explanatory text and related examples revised or changed where<br>necessary. |
| Rule 8.2 | Wording for rule revised. Explanatory text revised where necessary.<br>Help added. |
| Rule 8.3 | Wording for rule revised. |

# Page 6 of 434

| Item | Change |
|------|--------|
| Rule 8.4 | Wording for rule revised. Explanatory text revised or changed where necessary. |
| Rule 8.5 | No changes. |
| Rule 8.6 | Wording for rule revised. Explanatory texts and related examples revised or changed where<br>necessary. 8.6.1. Help added. 8.6.2. Changed to include a revised word count for numbers together<br>with units of measurement. 8.6.7. Proper nouns of individuals, groups, organizations, and<br>geopolitical entities added. Related examples added. |
| Rule 8.7 | Explanatory text revised or changed where necessary. |
| Section 9 – Writing practices |  |
| General | Subtitle before rules 9.2 revised. |
| Rule 9.1 | Wording for rule revised. Explanatory texts revised or changed where necessary. How to use a different sentence construction, first example changed. |
| Rule 9.2 | Explanatory text revised or changed where necessary. |
| Rule 9.3 | Explanatory text revised or changed where necessary. |
| Rule 9.4 | Explanatory text revised or changed where necessary. |
| General recommendations (GR) |  |
| GR-1 thru GR-6 | Explanatory text and related examples revised or changed where<br>necessary. |
| GR-7 | New general recommendation for "Inclusive language" added. |
| GR-8 | New general recommendation for "Possessive form" added. |

# Page 7 of 434

## Part 2 – Dictionary

### Introduction

- Explanatory text and related examples revised or changed where<br>necessary.
- Column 1 (explanation). New explanatory text related to "Verbs" added<br>to include regular, irregular, auxiliary and modal verbs. Related<br>examples added.
- How to select words. Text revised and flowchart revised.<br>List of recurring errors revised.<br>List of approved verbs added.

### Word list

- **General changes:** Column 3 title changed to read: STE EXAMPLE. Column 4 title changed to read: Non-STE example.

### Detailed changes

- NOTE: A word in UPPERCASE letters is approved in STE.<br>A word in lowercase letters is not approved in STE.
- NOTE: The word "revised" tells that only a small number of words are replaced or changed in the applicable texts. The word "changed" tells that the applicable text is fully changed or almost fully changed.

| Word (POS) | Change |
|------------|--------|
| abandon (v) | Approved alternatives inverted. For the second approved alternative STOP (v), STE and non-STE<br>examples changed. |
| ABRASIVE (adj) | STE example revised. |
| acceptable (adj) | Second and third STE examples revised. |
| ACCIDENT (n) | STE example revised. |
| accomplish (v) | Help revised. Second STE and non-STE examples revised. |
| accumulation (n) | Second STE and non-STE examples revised. |
| act (v) | Approved meaning revised. Non-STE example revised. |
| action (n) | TASK (n) added as an approved alternative. Related STE and non-STE<br>examples added. |
| activate (v) | Removed from the word list. |
| ACTIVATE (v) | Added to the word list as approved. |
| active (adj) | Removed from the word list. |
| ACTIVE (adj) | Added to the word list as approved. |

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| Word (POS) | Change |
|------------|--------|
| activity (n) | TASK (n) and PROCEDURE (n) added as an approved alternative. Related STE and non-STE examples added. For the approved alternative WORK (n), STE and non-STE examples changed. |
| ADJACENT (adj) | STE example revised. |
| adopt (v) | STE example revised. |
| adverse (adj) | STE and non-STE examples revised. Help revised. Related STE and non-STE examples added. |
| advisable (adj) | STE and non-STE examples revised. |
| advise (v) | First and second STE and non-STE examples revised. |
| affect (v) | Help revised. Related STE and non-STE examples added. |
| AFTER (conj) | STE example revised. |
| AGREE (v) | STE example revised. |
| AID (n) | STE example revised. |
| alert (v) | STE and non-STE examples revised. |
| allocate (v) | STE and non-STE examples revised. |
| allowable (adj) | Second STE and non-STE examples revised. |
| already (adv) | Second STE and non-STE examples revised. |
| ALTERNATIVE (adj) | STE example revised. |
| ALTERNATIVE (n) | STE example revised. |
| alternatively (adv) | STE example revised. |
| amendment (n) | First STE example revised. |
| among (prep) | STE and non-STE examples revised. |
| annotation (n) | STE and non-STE examples revised. RECORD (v) added as an approved alternative. Related STE and nonSTE examples added. |
| another (adj) | ADD (v) removed from the approved alternatives. First and third STE and non-STE examples revised. |
| appear (v) | Second and third STE examples revised. |
| APPLY (v) | Second approved alternative added. Related STE examples aligned. |
| APPROVAL (n) | STE example revised. |
| approve (v) | STE example revised. |
| AROUND (prep) | Help added. Related STE and non-STE examples added. |
| arrest (v) | Second and non-STE examples revised. |
