The Elements of Business Writing: A Guide to Writing Clear, Concise Letters, Memos, Reports, Proposals, and Other Business Documents
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Product Description
Anyone who has ever had to write any business document, from interoffice memo to fifty-page proposal, will find this the single most effective tool for producing clear, concise, and persuasive prose. Equally useful to executives and support staff, it shows how to write clearly and powerfully, organize material and avoid errors and jargon.
Product Details
Title: The Elements of Business Writing: A Guide to Writing Clear, Concise Letters, Memos, Reports, Proposals, and Other Business Documents (Elements of Series)
Sales Rank: 49436 in Books
Author: Gary Blake, Robert W. Bly
Publisher: Longman, 1st edition, 1992-08-01, Paperback, 160 pages, ISBN: 0020080956
Package Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches, 0.05 pounds
Customer Reviews
- Good Addition to The Elements of Style
- The Elements of Business Writing is clearly modeled after Strunk and White's "The Elements of Style", and it is a worthy addition. Authors Blake and Bly essentially have re-written the classic "Elements", and transformed it into "Business Elements". Lots of specific usage and style pointers, which I found very helpful. A quick read, may be somewhat of a review if you have written on the… More reviews
- The Elements of Business Writing: A Guide to Writing Clear, Concise Letters, Memos, Reports, Proposals, and Other Business Docum
- This is the type of book that collects dust at the bottom of your bookshelf, if it does not find it's way into the charity throw out bin. I wouldn't bother.… More reviews
- Good but old
- The elements of business writing give good point to look at.But the book is old and sometime give weird information.It's not an important book to have but, but still have some info. More reviews
- Very helpful, easy to read.
- This book was easy to read and very helpful in communication skills. More reviews
- One the best guides for business writers
- This book, with an obvious nod to Strunk and White (which it surpasses), lists 67 principles of good writing, with about two pages each of details and examples. It's on the short list of recommended resources in my book The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course in Business Writing and Communication. More reviews
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