Essential English for Journalists, Editors and Writers (Pimlico) - Softcover

Evans, Harold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712664475 ISBN 13: 9780712664479

Publisher: Pimlico, 2000

Synopsis

This brisk and pungent guide to the use of words as tools of communication is written primarily for journalists, yet its lessons are of immense value to all who face the problem of giving information, whether to the general public or within business, professional or social organizations. What makes a good English sentence? How should you rewrite a bad one? What clichés and other word-traps are to be avoided? Using a wealth of examples drawn from British and American newspapers, Essential English is an indispensable guide for all who have to convey information by the written or printed word.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

nd pungent guide to the use of words as tools of communication is written primarily for journalists, yet its lessons are of immense value to all who face the problem of giving information, whether to the general public or within business, professional or social organizations. What makes a good English sentence? How should you rewrite a bad one? What clichés and other word-traps are to be avoided? How do you shorten unnecessarily verbose source-material? Using a wealth of examples drawn from British and American newspapers, Essential English is an indispensable guide for all who have to convey information by the written or printed word.

About the Author:

Harold Evans was editor of The Sunday Times and The Times, and president and publisher of Random House USA. He is now editorial director and vice-chairman of US World and News Report, The Daily News and Atlantic Monthly. He lives in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pimlico
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0712664475
• ISBN 13: 9780712664479
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256