Author: Joseph Kimble
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781531024543
Category : Government report writing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please
Author: Joseph Kimble
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781531024543
Category : Government report writing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781531024543
Category : Government report writing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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
Author: Judith Gillespie Myers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781567261011
Category : Government report writing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781567261011
Category : Government report writing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Plain Language, Clear and Simple
Author: Canada. National Literacy Secretariat
Publisher: National Literacy Secretariat
ISBN: 9780660141855
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
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.
Publisher: National Literacy Secretariat
ISBN: 9780660141855
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
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.
Document Drafting Handbook
Author: Gladys Q. Ramey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
A Plain Language Handbook for Legal Writers
Author: Christine Mowat
Publisher: Thomson Carswell
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Provides 1) theory about plain language for legal writers, 2) models of legal documents such as wills, laws, agreements, etc, and 3) practice exercises on language.
Publisher: Thomson Carswell
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Provides 1) theory about plain language for legal writers, 2) models of legal documents such as wills, laws, agreements, etc, and 3) practice exercises on language.
Oxford Guide to Plain English
Author: Martin Cutts
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199233458
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199233458
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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
Author: Joseph Kimble
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
"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.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
"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.
Legal Writing in Plain English
Author: Bryan A. Garner
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022603139X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
“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
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022603139X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
“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
Language on Trial
Author: Plain English Campaign
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
This book looks at the forces that have made traditional legal language what it is today and suggests some reasoms why the law needs plain English. It also shows why most of its peculiarities are unnecessary.
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
This book looks at the forces that have made traditional legal language what it is today and suggests some reasoms why the law needs plain English. It also shows why most of its peculiarities are unnecessary.
The Complete Plain Words
Author: Sir Ernest Arthur Gowers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description