Legal and Business Writing in Plain English is a plain language handbook that will help you to developskills for writing English in plain language, with emphasis on techniques ofEnglish writing in plain English. This book will be useful to any person who isinvolved in legal, bureaucratic or business writing. It will prove a tool oftrade for judges, lawyers, law professors, law researchers, company secretariesand chartered accountants, and students of professional courses, Governmentofficers, Legislative drafters, company legal departments, Law Ministryofficers, and business managers to improve their writing and legal draftingskills.The book weaves together the Twelve Guidelinesfor writing in Plain English to make easy for the writers to put theirmassage across efficiently and effectively so as to enable their readers toread and understand the writing effortlessly and clearly.The book is divided in 12 chapters whichdiscuss the above guidelines in detail with the help of numerous before andafter examples.The Book contains (1) The Glossary of Plain Alternatives to Wordy Phrases; (2) The Glossary of PlainAlternatives to Antiquated and Complex Words and Phrases; and (3) The Glossary of Confusing Words.Besides, the book provides several tables of words and phrases to be avoidedand to be preferred in any writing or drafting.In the last Chapter, the book also deals withstyle and structure guidelines for creating reader-friendly documents. Last butnot least, the book gives in a few sample documents written in PlainEnglish BookReviewThishandy guide comes at a time when the world realizes that the knowledge ofEnglish Language can make life simpler, especially at the international level.Even for those who are using the language in a daily basis will find this booka useful tool to make the life of readers of their documents easy.The book is meant for written business andlegal communication. Both these areas are today in focus given the increasingcross-cultural communication. People from different cultures need to ensuresmooth transfer of data and thought which this book will definitely helpcatalyse because of its low price and rather neat and error-free presentation- TIMES OF INDIA
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