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Plain English Approach To Business Writi
Edward P. Bailey
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Description for Plain English Approach To Business Writi
Paperback. This text offers a communications tool to improve the quality and clarity of the reader's (or their staff's) writing style. The author, who spent 20 years within the bastions of "bureaucratese", argues for writing as you would talk, asserting this leads to easier reading and easier writing. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CBW; CJCW; KJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 131.
In offices across America, the Masters of Gobbledygook are hard at work. They're bombarding in-boxes with those long, confusing memos that colleagues don't have the patience to read--and bosses don't have the time to rewrite. They use words like "commence" or "prior to" instead of "begin" or "before." They bury their main point somewhere in the last paragraph--and take two pages to get there. Everybody knows one of them; in fact, you may even be one of them. But now there's help for anyone who's ever fallen prey to businessese, academese, legalese, or any other "ese" when faced with a ... Read more
In offices across America, the Masters of Gobbledygook are hard at work. They're bombarding in-boxes with those long, confusing memos that colleagues don't have the patience to read--and bosses don't have the time to rewrite. They use words like "commence" or "prior to" instead of "begin" or "before." They bury their main point somewhere in the last paragraph--and take two pages to get there. Everybody knows one of them; in fact, you may even be one of them. But now there's help for anyone who's ever fallen prey to businessese, academese, legalese, or any other "ese" when faced with a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195115659
SKU
V9780195115659
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About Edward P. Bailey
Edward P. Bailey, Jr is Professor of Business Writing at Marymount University.
Reviews for Plain English Approach To Business Writi
"Its handiness and brevity recommend themselves well to the busy professional."
Issues in Writing "Anyone who has ever had to read through a memo 'verbalizing an operative proposal with viable alternatives and appropriate linkages' will appreciate this concise book of writing tips."
Booklist "Its handiness and brevity recommend themselves well to the busy professional."
Issues in Writing "Anyone who has ever had to ... Read more
Issues in Writing "Anyone who has ever had to read through a memo 'verbalizing an operative proposal with viable alternatives and appropriate linkages' will appreciate this concise book of writing tips."
Booklist "Its handiness and brevity recommend themselves well to the busy professional."
Issues in Writing "Anyone who has ever had to ... Read more