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Write for the eye as well as the mind[James Hurford] Writing well is important, but so is making it look easy to read. Huge chunks of unbroken text just looks too scary, too long and too much like hard work. So... | |
James Hurford commented on 20 tips for writing wellI've recently written a couple of articles about Plain language:• Plain language – a legal requirement in South Africa • Warren Buffett's guide to writing in plain English | |
James Hurford commented on 20 tips for writing wellMaybe they should be Colleen?Not a bad idea at all. | |
James Hurford commented on 20 tips for writing wellAgreed.But by how much they are destroying the English language, I don't know? TTFN. | |
James Hurford commented on 20 tips for writing wellLiteracy rates in South Africa are shockingly low.30% of adults are functionally illiterate (ELRU). One of the causes of this is the lack of money to fund education. Although up to 20% of the nation's budget is spent on educational programmes, resources are not sufficient to provide every learner with the opportunity to become a confident reader and writer. While this is certainly a key factor, specialists also point out that South Africa does not have a "reading culture." | |
James Hurford commented on Plain language - legal requirement in SAAgreed.It's quite common in the financial services sector. | |
James Hurford commented on Plain language - legal requirement in SAI wonder who that would have been?If you find out, let me know. | |
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Warren Buffett's guide to writing in plain English[James Hurford] One of the world's most famous and successful investors - Warren Buffett, prefers to write in plain English. He wrote the preface in the Plain English Handbook, published by the US Securities and Exchange Commission - which gives some useful advice... | |
20 tips for better business writing[James Hurford] If you can't write well - if you can't get your point across in a clear, concise and organised way - you have no choice but to spray and pray. Write with bad grammar, bad spelling and bad punctuation and no one is going to take you seriously. |
