- 208 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Written in concise, accessible sections, this good-humoured book explains clearly the essentials of writing good, plain English. Corder takes readers through the entire writing process - from initial idea, through planning, writing, revising and proofreading to the eventual presentation of a piece of writing. At the end of the book, there is also an easy guide to basic grammar and punctuation as well as self-test exercises. In short, it will equip readers with the all-important skills required to produce and present documents of any kind.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1. Why Good Plain English?
- 2. The Steps of Writing
- 3. A Potted History of English
- 4. How to Give Your Writing Zip -Do’s and Dont’s for Writers
- 5. A Brief History of Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
- 6. A Guide to Garmmar Punctuation and Spelling
- 7. Grammatical Confusables and Some Hoary Old Chestnuts
- 8. Exercises
- 9. Exercises-answers and explanations
- Useful reading
- Postcript 1-How I wrote this book
- Postcript 2-Where you come in
- Index