Oxford guide to plain English
Record details
- ISBN: 0198844611
- ISBN: 9780198844617
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Physical Description:
xxxvii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
print - Edition: Fifth edition.
- Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Machine generated contents note: 1. Planning comes first -- 2. Organizing your material in a reader-centred structure -- 3. Writing short sentences and clear paragraphs -- 4. Preferring plain words -- 5. Writing concisely -- 6. Favouring active-voice verbs -- 7. Using vigorous verbs -- 8. Using vertical lists -- 9. Converting negative to positive -- 10. Using good punctuation -- 11. Using good grammar -- 12. Keeping errors in Czech: its time to Proof read -- 13. Dealing with some troublesome words and phrases -- 14. Using or avoiding foreign words -- 15. Undoing knotty noun strings -- 16. Reducing cross-references -- 17. Exploring and exploding some writing myths -- 18. Avoiding cliches -- 19. Pitching your writing at the right level -- 20. Writing sound starts and excellent endings -- 21. Creating better emails -- 22. Using inclusive language -- 23. Using alternatives to words alone -- 24. Caring enough about customers to write to them clearly -- 25. Overseeing colleagues' writing -- 26. Writing better instructions -- 27. Clarifying for the Web -- 28. Making legal language lucid -- 29. Writing low-literacy plain English -- 30. Clarifying page layout: some basics. |
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Subject: | English language -- Usage English language -- Rhetoric English language -- Style |
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