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"This guide is suitable for professional, study and general use. It explains how to set out and write better letters, memos, instructions, legal documents, and reports. Writers of business and other official documents are often accused of being obscure, long-winded, and prone to jargon. This guide aims to show users how to write plain English. It offers 20 easy-to-follow guidelines covering plain words, sentence length, active and passive verbs, punctuation, planning and good organization of points. Along the way, it controversially explodes such writing myths as ""Never start a sentence with but"" and ""Never split your infinitives""."

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Author:   Martin Cutts
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 12.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 19.00cm
Weight:   0.146kg
ISBN:  

9780198600497

ISBN 10:   0198600496
Pages:   172
Publication Date:   01 November 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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About the Author Martin Cutts conceived and co-founded the Plain English Campaign in 1979. In 1989, he formed Words at Work, a firm which last year ran 140 courses in writing skills for government and business. Currently he runs the Plain Language Commission which conducts research in the field, particularly plain law.

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