Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please

Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please

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  • Author: Joseph Kimble
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  • ISBN: 9781531024543
  • Category : Government report writing
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please seeks to change public and legal writing--by making the ultimate case for plain language. The book gathers a large body of evidence for two related truths: using plain language can save businesses and government agencies a ton of money, and plain language serves and satisfies readers in every possible way. It also debunks the ten biggest myths about plain writing and looks back on 50 highlights in plain-language history. The first edition was described by reviewers as "powerful," "compelling," "inspiring," and "astounding." This second edition has been updated and expanded throughout. Professor Joseph Kimble is a leading international expert on this subject. Here is the book that sums up his important work, with a message that is vital to every government writer, business writer, and attorney.


Banishing Bureaucratese

Banishing Bureaucratese

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  • Author: Judith Gillespie Myers
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  • ISBN: 9781567261011
  • Category : Government report writing
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0


Document Drafting Handbook

Document Drafting Handbook

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  • Author: Gladys Q. Ramey
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Administrative law
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 112


Plain Language, Clear and Simple

Plain Language, Clear and Simple

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  • Author: Canada. National Literacy Secretariat
  • Publisher: National Literacy Secretariat
  • ISBN: 9780660141855
  • Category : Authorship
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 55

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.


Oxford Guide to Plain English

Oxford Guide to Plain English

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  • Author: Martin Cutts
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • ISBN: 9780199233458
  • Category : English language
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

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.


Lifting the Fog of Legalese

Lifting the Fog of Legalese

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  • Author: Joseph Kimble
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  • Category : Law
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 224

"Professor Joseph Kimble, a leading expert on plain language, has collected in this one book many of his published essays. They will interest and inform judges, lawyers, law students, legal scholars, and anyone else who engages in legal writing."--BOOK JACKET.


Gobbledygook Has Gotta Go

Gobbledygook Has Gotta Go

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  • Author: John O'Hayre
  • Publisher: Legare Street Press
  • ISBN: 9781015457690
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Legal Writing in Plain English

Legal Writing in Plain English

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  • Author: Bryan A. Garner
  • Publisher: University of Chicago Press
  • ISBN: 022603139X
  • Category : Law
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 285

“This easy-to-follow guide is useful both as a general course of instruction and as a targeted aid in solving particular legal writing problems.” —Harvard Law Review Clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful—all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. For more than twenty years, Bryan A. Garner’s Legal Writing in Plain English has helped address this problem by providing lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, and legal scholars with sound advice and practical tools for improving their written work. The leading guide to clear writing in the field, this indispensable volume encourages legal writers to challenge conventions and offers valuable insights into the writing process that will appeal to other professionals: how to organize ideas, create and refine prose, and improve editing skills. Accessible and witty, Legal Writing in Plain English draws on real-life writing samples that Garner has gathered through decades of teaching. Trenchant advice covers all types of legal materials, from analytical and persuasive writing to legal drafting, and the book’s principles are reinforced by sets of basic, intermediate, and advanced exercises in each section. In this new edition, Garner preserves the successful structure of the original while adjusting the content to make it even more classroom-friendly. He includes case examples from the past decade and addresses the widespread use of legal documents in electronic formats. His book remains the standard guide for producing the jargon-free language that clients demand and courts reward. “Those who are willing to approach the book systematically and to complete the exercises will see dramatic improvements in their writing.” —Law Library Journal


A Plain English Handbook

A Plain English Handbook

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  • Author: United States. Securities and Exchange Commission. Office of Investor Education and Assistance
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  • Category : Disclosure of information
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 88


Oxford Guide to Plain English

Oxford Guide to Plain English

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  • Author: Martin Cutts
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford
  • ISBN: 0191649120
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 321

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.