Friday 19 August 2011

I've been learning from the Plain English Guidelines
  • The problems of unclear writing
  • Choosing an appropriate style for the audience
  • Different writing styles
  • Suggestions for clear writing
  • Active and passive verbs
  • Getting rid of redundant words
  • Shortening sentences
  • Making sentences positive instead of negative
  • Revealing hidden verbs

4 comments:

  1. Hard to read right now with those checkers across the words. Hope you have a groovy weekend.

    Cheers.

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  2. Thanks Ivy. I'll check it on a different computer :)

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  3. I'm working on getting rid of those redundant words and phrases right now! Fun stuff :)

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  4. Hi Jemi
    There is nothing like hunting down individual words to give a writer headache ;) Good luck with the editing.

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