The Quick Reference Plain English Guide - Softcover

Martin Cutts

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198662432 ISBN 13: 9780198662433

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Over the last two decades, governments and companies around the world have been encouraged to implement plain English in order to communicate essential information in letters, documents, reports, contracts, and forms in a more clear and understandable way. The Quick Reference Plain English Guide is a practical guide that explains how to write, and communicate information clearly. It provides guidance on how to write better letters, memos, instructions, legal documents, and reports to avoid being obscure, long-winded, and prone to jargon. This guide teaches how to write plain English using 20 easy-to-follow guidelines covering plain words, sentence length, active and passive verbs, punctuation, grammar, planning, and good organization of points. Writing myths are also explored and controversially exploded, such as 'You must not start a sentence with but', and 'You must not split your infinitives'.

About this title

About the Author

Martin Cutts was co-founder of the Plain English Campaign in 1979, and in 1994 he established the Plain Language Commission to carry our research projects. He is a leading voice in the international plain language movement.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198662432
• ISBN 13: 9780198662433
• Binding: Paperback