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The Plain English Approach to Business Writing by Bailey, Edward P.
by Bailey, Edward P. | PB | VeryGood
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- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
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- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 0195115651
- Book Title
- Plain English Approach to Business Writing
- Item Length
- 5.3in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.3in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Business & Economics
- Topic
- Business Writing
- Item Width
- 7.8in
- Item Weight
- 4.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 144 Pages
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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 blank memo pad. In The Plain English Approach to Business Writing, Edward Bailey--who spent twenty years working in the bastions of bureaucratese--offers readers a powerful new communications tool. Written for busy professionals who want to improve the quality and clarity of their own (or their staff's) writing style, this no-nonsense guide is an indispensable office companion. Bailey's approach is 5urprisingly straightforward: just write as you would talk. Plain English is not only easier to read; it's also easier to write. And it's so effective that many large organizations are endorsing, if not demanding, its use in the work place. Pithy and entertaining, Bailey points out all the dos and don'ts of plain English. He then illustrates them with examples drawn from a wide array of sources, including business documents, technical manuals, trade publications like Consumer Reports, and the works of writers such as Russell Baker and John D. MacDonald. From the basics to the fine tuning, he offers practical advice on clarity and precision, organization, layout, and a host of other important writing topics. A delightful, down-to-earth guide, The Plain English Approach to Business Writing is for professionals of all backgrounds (government, military, legal, financial, technical, corporate) and staff at all levels (from the company CEO to the ambitious secretary). The Plain English Approach to Business Writing can be read in an hour--and used for the rest of one's life.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195115651
ISBN-13
9780195115659
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66893
Product Key Features
Book Title
Plain English Approach to Business Writing
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Business Writing
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Business & Economics
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
5.3in
Item Height
0.3in
Item Width
7.8in
Item Weight
4.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hf5718.3.B35 1997
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Edition Number
2
Reviews
"Its handiness and brevity recommend themselves well to the busy professional."--Issues in Writing "Bailey offers clear advice...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 through a memo 'verbalizing an operative proposal with viable alternatives and appropriate linkages' will appreciate this concise book of writing tips."-- Booklist, "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 through a memo 'verbalizing an operative proposal with viable alternatives and appropriate linkages' will appreciate this concise book of writing tips."--Booklist, "Bailey offers clear advice...anyone who has ever had to read through amemo 'verbalizing an operative proposal with viable alternatives and appropriatelinkages' 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 through a memo 'verbalizing an operative proposal with viable alternatives and appropriate linkages' will appreciate this concise book of writing tips."--Booklist, "Ed Bailey's approach to business writing is wonderful. He developed a marvelously commonsense approach to direct communication that seems timely, practical, and eminently useful."--James S. O'Rourke, University of Notre Dame, "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 through a memo 'verbalizing an operative proposal with viable alternatives and appropriate linkages' will appreciate this concise book of writing tips."--Booklist"Ed Bailey's approach to business writing is wonderful. He developed a marvelously commonsense approach to direct communication that seems timely, practical, and eminently useful."--James S. O'Rourke, University of Notre Dame
Copyright Date
1997
Lccn
96-045541
Dewey Decimal
808/.06665
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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This book was a collection of library in Wake County, NC. There is a permanent fold on the back cover. Other than that, it is normal. This time I learned that this is equivalent to the condition of good.