How Not to Write

How Not to Write An Office Primer for the Grammatically Perplexed

Hardback (01 Jul 2005)

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Publisher's Synopsis

In a fast-paced workplace, where emails fly at lightning speed, precision and brevity are essential for good communication. But all too often we let spell-checkers do the dirty work-because many of us have forgotten the simple grammar rules we learned in school.
 
In How Not to Write, Terence Denman, instructor with the U.K.-based Plain English Campaign, sets out the top 10 grammar myths and the 10 grammar rules to live and work by. Readers will learn to:
 
       Position prepositions
       Chop off unwanted auxiliaries
       Root out passivity
       Eliminate extraneous adjectives
       Punctuate with impunity
 
With a breezy, wry, and accessible tone that never scols but always enlightens, How Not to Write is an indispensible guide to clear, concise, and correct language in the workplace.

Book information

ISBN: 9781594740718
Publisher: Quirk Books
Imprint: Quirk Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 808.06665
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 159
Weight: 290g
Height: 176mm
Width: 122mm
Spine width: 20mm