The Plain English Approach to Business Writing

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The Plain English Approach to Business Writing is an excellent writing resource. Author Edward Bailey succinctly describes ways to improve your business writing in a direct, no-nonsense manner, one that everybody can follow. No complex rules here, just proven principles that work. Highly, highly, recommended.

As a professional and the English as my second language, I found it was extremely helpful. But tons of books, reports, announcements, letters still are written in some kind of formal language therefore I doubt that if the plain English approach could really be accepted at all.

Coaches in sports often speak of the importance of fundamentals. Players who forget fundamentals often fail. Most top players drill every day. They want to make sure that the basics of the game never need to be thought about -- their bodies do them automatically. Writing may be the same as sports. Fundamentals should not be forgotten. Bailey's book helps with that. You won't find anything really new here. The points he emphasizes are points you will see in most books of this type. But Bailey's book gives clear, concise coaching on how to write well, in plain English that gets a point across powerfully. It's a book that I turn to often, to make sure that I don't forget the fundamentals.

So easy to read it