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

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

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 Denman, Terence

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  • Title How Not to Write: An Office Primer for the Grammatically Perplexed
  • Author Denman, Terence
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Quirk Books, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Publication date July 28, 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # S26D-03131
  • 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

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Reader reviews for How Not to Write: An Office Primer for the Grammatically Perplexed

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.

First line

You may have surprised yourself by buying (or are you just "browsing" and thinking of buying?) a grammar book.

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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