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| WRITE WITH CONFIDENCE |
| Angela Burt |
| How To Books paperback, £8:99 ISBN 1 85703 894 0 |
Review by Jean Currie  |
| This is not a book limited to creative writers. Its scope extends to anyone who needs help with any kind of writing from the easiest to the more specialised and advanced. For those who find the simplest notes difficult, the author gives examples of an excuse for absence from school, congratulations and condolences, thanks or an apology. Business letters should be clear, respectful and courteous even if they are expressing displeasure or complaining. They should have your own address to prevent loss and a subject heading so that the correspondence finds the right office, if the person addressed is not available. Before writing a job application you should be careful to read the advertisement for any special instructions, a handwritten letter for example, or checking a website for details. There is advice on preparing a c.v. and a covering letter, and what should and should not be included. More specialised tips on writing and replying to formal invitations follow, as well as composing classified advertisements for accommodation, births and deaths and even for the Lonely Hearts column. The last part of the book is bound to be useful to nearly everyone. It has excellent tips on how to spell awkward words that you are always unsure of, words that are often confused, such as affect/effect, fewer/less and imply/infer and useful spellings and ways to make you remember. I love the acronym R H Y T H M - Rhythm Has Your Two Hips Moving. Altogether a very useful book, no matter what your problem. |
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The world is over-stocked with people who are ready and eager to teach other people to write. It seems astonishing that so much bad writing should find its way into print when there is so much good advice to be had. Robertson Davies |
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least. P.D.Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield |
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