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ContentsIntroduction………………………………..………………………………..What is effective writing? …………….…………………………….……..House Style…………………………………………………………………Structure what you want to say………………………………..………….Style………………………………………………………………………….Grammar…………………………………………………………………….Vocabulary…………………………………………………………………..The sentence and <strong>the</strong> paragraph……………………………..………….Americanisms………………………………………………….…………...Clichés, metaphors and similes………………………………………......Some phrases we could easily do without ……………………………...Foreign words……………………………………………………………….Gender……………………………………………………………………….Jargon ……………………………………………………………………...Slang…………………………………………………………………………Tautology……………………………………………………………………Punctuation…………………………………………………………………The apostrophe……………………………………………………………..Brackets……………………………………………………………………..The colon……………………………………………………………………The semicolon………………………………………………………………3467891011121314151617181920212223241
The comma………………………………………………………………….The dash……………………………………………………………………The exclamation mark…………..…………………………………………The full stop…………………………………………………………………The hyphen…………………………………………………………………The question mark…………………………………………………………Quotation marks……………………………………………………………Initial capitals……………………………………………………………….Double trouble………………………………………………………………Pairs and snares……………………………………………………………Which word?........................................................................................Could, would and should………………………………………………….A hundred words which are sometimes mispelt (sic)!..........................Words which are sometimes used wrongly…………………………….Some rules that aren’t really rules ………………………………………Parts <strong>of</strong> speech…………………………………………………………….DW conventions……………………………………………………………Recommended reading……………………………………………………Useful websites…………………………………………………………….252627282930313234353637383940424751512
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Page 6: Here are some objectives that effec
Page 12 and 13: The sentence and the paragraphShort
Page 14 and 15: Clichés, metaphors and similesClic
Page 16: Foreign wordsSome originally foreig
Page 19 and 20: SlangNew slang flows into the langu
Page 21: PunctuationPunctuation is the use o
Page 25 and 26: The semicolonThe semicolon marks a
Page 27 and 28: The dashWar does not determine who
Page 29 and 30: The full stop‘Where shall I begin
Page 34 and 35: Geographical titles or regions. Fra
Page 36: Pairs and snaresadverse (unfavourab
Page 39 and 40: A hundred words which aresometimes
Page 41: Some rules that aren’t really rul
Page 44 and 45: Past tenseI spoke to him yesterday.
Page 46 and 47: SingularPluralfirst person subject
Page 48 and 49: DW conventionsThis is a quick refer
Page 50 and 51: Signature block 1. Use a signature
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