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

Buch 14 von 26: Pimlico

Gillan, Crawford; Evans, Sir Harold

 
9780712664479: Essential English for Journalists, Editors and Writers (Pimlico)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0712664475 ISBN 13: 9780712664479
Verlag: Pimlico, 2000

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Essential English is an indispensable guide to the use of words as tools of communication. It 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 organisations.

FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED BY CRAWFORD GILLAN

RECOMMENDED BY THE SOCIETY OF EDITORS

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sir Harold Matthew Evans is a British-born journalist and writer who was editor of The Sunday Times from 1967 to 1981. He has written various books on history and journalism, including Essential English. Since 2001, Evans has served as editor-at-large of The Week Magazine and since 2005, he has been a contributor to the Guardian and BBC Radio 4. He lives in New York with his wife and childen.

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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 cliches 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.

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Verlag
Pimlico
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0712664475
ISBN 13 
9780712664479
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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