The Plain English Guide

Author : Martin Cutts
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191649127

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Oxford Guide to Plain English by Martin Cutts Pdf

Plain English is the art of writing clearly, concisely, and in a way that precisely communicates your message to your intended audience. This book offers 25 practical guidelines helping you to improve your vocabulary, style, grammar, and layout to achieve clear writing. It gives expert advice on all aspects of the writing process: from avoiding jargon and legalese, to organizing written information in print and online. It also shows you how it's done with hundreds of real examples, including 'before' and 'after' versions. All this is presented in an authoritative and engaging way. Completely revised and updated, this essential reference work is now even more useful: the word lists have been expanded; a new list of clichéd and troublesome words to avoid has been added; and examples of real-life stories have been replaced with more recent ones. An improved design gives the book a fresh feel.

Author : Martin Cutts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : English language
ISBN : 0199233454

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Oxford Guide to Plain English by Martin Cutts Pdf

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 towrite 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.

Author : Martin Cutts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : English language
ISBN : UCSC:32106016476670

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The Plain English Guide by Martin Cutts Pdf

The author, a co-founder of the Plain English Campaign and an activist in the international plain language movement, explains, in practical terms, how to clearly write and deliver information. Lacks an index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Cheryl Stephens
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780557537877

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Plain Language in Plain English by Cheryl Stephens Pdf

This book shows you how to write for customers and clients in language that’s easy to understand. It is a thorough companion to the writing process, with comprehensive guidance and advice on understanding your readers, planning and creating your text, and presenting your words in a good design.The contributor list reads like a who’s who of plain language experts. Plain Language in Plain English is a valuable resource for governments, businesses, service providers, and professionals in any field to improve their communication.From organizational guidelines, literacy awareness, and reader expectations, to effective speaking strategies for presentations, Plain Language in Plain English, is a comprehensive tool to have in your “communication toolbox.â€

Author : Plain English Campaign
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105060469652

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Language on Trial by Plain English Campaign Pdf

This book looks at the forces that have made traditional legal language what it is today and suggests some reasoms why the law needs plain English. It also shows why most of its peculiarities are unnecessary.

Author : Martin Cutts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780198844617

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Oxford Guide to Plain English by Martin Cutts Pdf

"Explains how to plan, organize, and structure your writing. Helps you master plain English and improve your writing with expert advice on vocabulary, style, punctuation, grammar, and proofreading Provides advice on avoiding jargon and clichés, and practical, up-to-date guidance on writing in an inclusive manner Shows you how it's done with hundreds of real examples, including 'before' and 'after' versions"--

Author : Anne E. Greene
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226026404

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Writing Science in Plain English by Anne E. Greene Pdf

Scientific writing is often dry, wordy, and difficult to understand. But, as Anne E. Greene shows in Writing Science in Plain English,writers from all scientific disciplines can learn to produce clear, concise prose by mastering just a few simple principles. This short, focused guide presents a dozen such principles based on what readers need in order to understand complex information, including concrete subjects, strong verbs, consistent terms, and organized paragraphs. The author, a biologist and an experienced teacher of scientific writing, illustrates each principle with real-life examples of both good and bad writing and shows how to revise bad writing to make it clearer and more concise. She ends each chapter with practice exercises so that readers can come away with new writing skills after just one sitting. Writing Science in Plain English can help writers at all levels of their academic and professional careers—undergraduate students working on research reports, established scientists writing articles and grant proposals, or agency employees working to follow the Plain Writing Act. This essential resource is the perfect companion for all who seek to write science effectively.

Author : Craig Cochran
Publisher : Paton Professional
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781932828733

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ISO 9001:2015 in Plain English by Craig Cochran Pdf

ISO 9001 hasn't changed much in the last 15 years... until now! ISO 9001:2015 is a MAJOR revision. A LOT has changed. Requirements have been added and removed. Content has shifted to different sections and clauses. ISO 9001:2015 is built upon a completely different structure with the adoption of Annex SL. This may seem like a lot to take in, and it is. Fortunately, bestselling author Craig Cochran has translated ISO 9001:2015 into plain English that anyone can understand. Just as he did with the bestselling ISO 9001 in Plain English Cochran has written a comprehensive yet easily understandable guide to ISO 9001:2015. ISO 9001:2015 in Plain English was written so that anyone at any level of the organization can get to the heart of the standard’s requirements and how they apply to the organization quickly and simply. Plus, Cochran shows what has changed between the 2008 and 2015 version. This straightforward book is ideal for people who are new to ISO 9001:2015, experienced ISO coordinators who want to get more out of an established system as they transition to the new standard, and for employees who just need a basic understanding of what ISO 9001:2015 is and how it applies to them. Cochran explains each of ISO 9001:2015’s sections and clauses using real-world examples and frequently asked questions.

Author : Sir Ernest Arthur Gowers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:63371235

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The Complete Plain Words by Sir Ernest Arthur Gowers Pdf

Author : Canada. National Literacy Secretariat,NGL Consulting Ltd
Publisher : National Literacy Secretariat
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Authorship
ISBN : 066014185X

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Plain Language, Clear and Simple by Canada. National Literacy Secretariat,NGL Consulting Ltd Pdf

Presents a hands-on guide to plain language writing for government employees. The goal is to provide effective service by telling people what they need or want to know using language that is easily understood and information that is organized in a clear and logical way.

Author : George O. Head
Publisher : Ventana Communications Group
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Computers
ISBN : PSU:000017717069

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AutoLISP in Plain English by George O. Head Pdf

Here is the only book that teaches the non-expert how to use AutoCAD's powerful internal programmer to solve common drawing problems. AutoCAD users will save hours of work--and countless headaches--on the strength of the advice offered in this expert guide.

Author : Rudolf Flesch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : English language
ISBN : UCAL:B4320315

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The ABC of Style by Rudolf Flesch Pdf

Alphabetical guide to hundreds of simpler and more effective ways of speaking of writing, avoiding the clumsy, pedantic, or verbose phrase or sentence.

Author : Gunaratana
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780861715299

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Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English by Gunaratana Pdf

Gunaratana offers basic instruction on the meaning of insight meditation through concepts that can be applied to any tradition. His focus here is on the Jhanas, those meditative states of profound stillness in which the mind becomes fully immersed in the chosen object of attention.

Author : United States. Securities and Exchange Commission. Office of Investor Education and Assistance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Disclosure of information
ISBN : UIUC:30112040283670

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A Plain English Handbook by United States. Securities and Exchange Commission. Office of Investor Education and Assistance Pdf

Author : Edward P. Bailey
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1997-08-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195115659

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The Plain English Approach to Business Writing by Edward P. Bailey Pdf

Businessese, academese, legalese--these painful eses appear all too often in memos, letters, reports, and papers. You have probably fallen victim to them yourself, writing "commence" and "prior to" instead of "begin" and "before," burying your main point somewhere in the last paragraph. Now Edward Bailey offers help in The Plain English Approach to Business Writing . Bailey has spent twenty years working in bastions of bureaucratese, helping businessmen and government workers write in direct, effective plain English. This no-nonsense guide is an indispensable office companion. Bailey's approach is surprisingly straightforward: just write as you would talk. Plain English is not only easier to read, it's also easier to write. And it's so effective that many large organizations are endorsing, if not demanding its use in the workplace. Pithy and entertaining, Bailey clearly lays out the dos and don'ts of plain English, illustrating them with examples drawn from such sources as business documents, technical manuals, trade publications, and the works of such writers as Russell Baker and John D. MacDonald. From the basics to the fine tuning, he offers practical advice on clarity, precision, organization, layout, and a host of other topics. This is a book that can be read in an hour--and used for the rest of your life. Features Shows readers how to improve the quality and clarity--and increase the speed--of their business writing Provides a practical model that helps writers get started and stay organized Includes dozens of real-life examples drawn from business documents, technical manuals, trade publications, and the works of well-known writers