RE: Teaching a practical business writing class

Subject: RE: Teaching a practical business writing class
From: "Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>
To: "R. Mason" <rpmason -at- kc -dot- rr -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:16:56 -0700

Reminds me of something attributed to George Bernard Shaw: "I'm sorry
this letter is so long, I didn't have time to make it shorter."

Leonard

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Subject: Re: Teaching a practical business writing class

Here's a great quote for new writers. It has the what's-in-it-for-me
hook.

"If the same idea can be expressed in a simple way or in a complex
way, the simple way is better--and, paradoxically, it will typically
lead readers to conclude that the writer is smarter." Bryan Garner,
Garner's Modern American Usage (2003)

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Rob Hudson wrote:

... what you'd like to see from new technical/business writers.
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