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How Not to Write: An Office Primer for the Grammatically Perplexed
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How Not to Write: An Office Primer for the Grammatically Perplexed Hardback - 2005

by Terence Denman

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From the publisher

In a fast-paced workplace, where emails fly at lightning speed, precision and brevity are essential for good communication. But all too often we let spell-checkers do the dirty work--because many of us have forgotten the simple grammar rules we learned in school.

In How Not to Write, Terence Denman, instructor with the U.K.-based Plain English Campaign, sets out the top 10 grammar myths and the 10 grammar rules to live and work by. Readers will learn to:

- Position prepositions
- Chop off unwanted auxiliaries
- Root out passivity
- Eliminate extraneous adjectives
- Punctuate with impunity

With a breezy, wry, and accessible tone that never scols but always enlightens, How Not to Write is an indispensible guide to clear, concise, and correct language in the workplace.

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Details

  • Title How Not to Write: An Office Primer for the Grammatically Perplexed
  • Author Terence Denman
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Quirk Books, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Publication date July 28, 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781594740718 / 1594740712
  • Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 7 x 4.74 x 0.75 in (17.78 x 12.04 x 1.91 cm)
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Business writing, English language - Business English
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005920246
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808.066

About the author

Terence Denman is a Cambridge-educated instructor with the U.K.-based Plain English Campaign, an international organization that fights for the use of crystal clear language in business and government communications.

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