Oxford Guide to Plain English
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Product details:
- Edition number 2
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Date of Publication 23 August 2007
- ISBN 9780199233458
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages208 pages
- Size 172x111x11 mm
- Weight 172 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Plain English is an essential tool for effective communication. This Oxford Guide provides authoritative guidance on how to write clearly and effectively using 21 easy-to-follow guidelines covering straightforward language, sentence length, active and passive verbs, punctuation, grammar, planning, writing emails, and good organization.
MoreLong description:
Plain English is an essential tool for effective communication. Information transmitted in letters, documents, reports, contracts, and forms is clearer and more understandable when presented in straightforward terms. The Oxford Guide to Plain English provides authoritative guidance on how to write plain English using easy-to-follow guidelines which cover straightforward language, sentence length, active and passive verbs, punctuation, grammar, planning, and good
organization.
This handy guide will be invaluable to writers of all levels. It provides essential guidelines that will allow readers to develop their writing style, grammar, and punctuation. The book also offers help in understanding official jargon and legalese giving the plain English alternatives.
This guide gives hundreds of real examples and shows 'before and after' versions of texts of different kinds which will help readers to look critically at their own writing. Helpfully organized into 21 short chapters, each covering a different aspect of writing. Clearly laid out, and easy to use, the Oxford Guide to Plain English is the best guide to writing clear and helpful documents.
Table of Contents:
Starting points
Summary of guidelines
Writing shorter sentences... or chopping up snakes
Preferring plain words
Writing tight
Favouring the active voice
Using vigorous verbs
Using vertical lists
Negative to positive
Cross-references, cross readers
Clearly non-sexist
Sound starts and excellent endings
Using good punctuation
Seven writing myths explored and exploded
Conquering grammarphobia
Planning effectively
Using reader-centered stucture
Using alternatives to words, words, words
Management of colleague's writing
Good practice with email
Writing better instructions
Lucid legal language
Basics of clear layout
Sources and notes
Index
