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The Plain English Approach to Business Writing.

In offices across America, the Masters of Gobbledygook are hard at work. They're bombarding in-boxes with those long, confusing memos that colleagues don't have the patience to read--and bosses don't have the time to rewrite. They use words like "commence" or "prior to&...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bailey, Edward P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 1990.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In offices across America, the Masters of Gobbledygook are hard at work. They're bombarding in-boxes with those long, confusing memos that colleagues don't have the patience to read--and bosses don't have the time to rewrite. They use words like "commence" or "prior to" instead of "begin" or "before." They bury their main point somewhere in the last paragraph--and take two pages to get there. Everybody knows one of them; in fact, you may even be one of them. But now there's help for anyone who's ever fallen prey to businessese, academese, legalese, or an.
Physical Description:1 online resource (143 pages)
ISBN:9780199874484
0199874484
1283427664
9781283427661