Quick & painless business writing an essential guide to clear and powerful communication - Benjamin, Susan (Career Press, 2007)
Title from title screen. - Includes index
Five no-worry reality checks -- Ouchless nouns -- Noun accomplices : articles, pronouns and adjectives -- Verbs : the power words -- Glue words -- Sentence savvy -- Plain language primer : so what are the big guys afraid of? -- Why the active voice isn't and a few words about being concise -- Reader-focus : bowing to the king and the queen of the universe -- The truth about tone, damn it! -- Seducing, spinning, and sedating : all about structure -- The paragraph : on closer inspection