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	What Not To Write by Kay Sayce
	Price : Rs 150.00
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An invaluable entertaining and information-packed A to Z guide that answers all those questions you might hear one person asking another in an office, such as:

Is it ‘a hotel’ or ‘hotel’?

What are split infinitives, and should you avoid them?

Do you know when to use ‘that’ or ‘which’?

Is a semi-colon like a comma? When do you use a colon?

It’s website? Its website? Where do you put the apostrophe

They say don’t use cliche, but what are cliches?

Is it ‘between you and me’ or ‘between you and I’?

What happens when you have brackets inside brackets?

Compiled on the basis of long experience in helping people produce documents written in good English, with the underlying message that simple English is the best English.

Contents: • Introduction • An A to Z of Good English • The dos and don’ts of writen good English are arranged in alphabetical order. Coupled with cross-references and a comprehensive index, this means that you shouldn’t have any difficulty finding the answers to your queries. • Appendices • Some basic grammar • Ten tips on writen a document • Some tips on laying out a document • Other sources to consult • Boxes • roman hangover • Accentuate the positive • Three faces of the adjective • Toma (r) to vs toma (y) to • Beginnings and endings • The bane of bureaucratese • Casting out the cliches • Avoiding the double meaning • Wasted words Getting e-mails right • Mixed metaphors • Wrong words • Short measures • If only... • Problem plurals • Spell-checkers and daft contracts • No sex please, we’re British • Common misspellings • What is the word for a word that ... • A useful rule • Fun with the fog test • Breaking words •Index • NotesISBN - 9788130928159

Pages : 152