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What Not to Write


A guide to the dos and dont's of good English

Excerpts from reviews

Do read this book from cover to cover; after doing so you'll be left in no doubt as to its usefulness. It is interesting, useful and sensibly laid out, and as with a dictionary, all offices should have access to such a book.
Manager (British Journal of Administrative Management), January 2007

Apart from the normal alphabetic entries, there are also boxes giving guidance in specialised areas. Primarily written for business writers, What Not To Write provides an equally good style guide for creative writers.
Writing Magazine, January 2007

A useful pocket-sized reference book on writing good English.
London Broadcasting Corporation (LBC)

Here's a book that no office can afford to be without. Pocket-sized, information-packed, entertaining and aimed at the workplace.
OS Magazine, October 2007

A little gem of a reference book for every office.
Peter Sutherland, Chairman BP p.l.c.

What Not To Write is useful and fun – a rare combination.
Hugh Sykes, BBC correspondent

Today’s employers demand high standards of written English. This comprehensive guide addresses those areas that cause problems in offices everywhere. An essential tool!
Sir Digby Jones, former Director-General CBI

As with a missing button or a split fingernail, the English reader's eye goes straight to small slips in written language. Judgements can be formed on the basis of a single, trivial error. Here's how to avoid them…
Matthew Parris, author, columnist, broadcaster

This easy-to-reference guide is a response to the rise in computer literacy and the seeming demise of literacy au naturale. It leads you by the hand along the road of literary clarification.
North Magazine, December 2006

Here is a great new book which everyone who writes will want to read. I think it’s the best book out on the market for business people who want to get their English right. It is entertainingly written and yet easy to dip into and find the answers to your queries.
www.quicklearn.co.uk

This pocket-sized book is peppered with amusing drawings and is ideal for all those moments when you are pondering, for example, on the difference between a colon and a semi-colon.
North London Times , December 2006

An informative and entertainng guide… with rights sold abroad in many regions.
University of Exeter, July 2007

A very useful reference guide for marketers and professional communicators.
www.nigeltemple.com

A must for your desk, at work and at home.
www.indepublishing.com

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