If you're a regular blog reader, you probably already know that one of the best ways to improve your writing is not to try too hard to use big, fancy words! Almost always, simpler is better! In fact, this is another tip for better writing that is on the Oxford website!
Visit the site shown below and review what you see there, especially the 17 items at the bottom about how to keep your writing user friendly. Then, come back here & tell me the one or two tips that you found to be the most important!!!
http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/plainenglish/?view=uk
11 comments:
I read the article and for me the following tips are very helful:
- Use only as many words as you really need.
- Put accurate punctuation at the heart of your writing.
-Organize your material in a way that helps readers to grasp the important information early and to navigate through the documents easily.
December 01, 2009
Roxana Alvarez
I found the article interesting and the two tips that stuck out for me were:
use words your readers are likely to understand and
plan before you write
Sometimes people write assuming that if they use big words they appear smarter, but for me its the plain old simple words that get my attention, and people who don't plan before they write may actually take longer to write because they have no idea what they want to say. Its best to think about what you want to say and may sure you write down your thoughts in the way that you expect the reader to perceive them.
CarolWillis
The following tips are what I find most important:
*Use words your readers are likely to understand.
*Use vertical lists to break up complicated text.
Lia Muth
I have read the article and I found a few important tips;
-Use words your readers are likely to understand.
-Plan before you write.
-Use as many words as you really need.
Mianta
I read the article and for me the important tips are:
1.)Plan before you write.
2.)Use words that the reader could
understand.
April S.
Over the whole document, make average sentence length 15 to 20 words.
I never knew there was an average sentence length. I've learned something new.
I found two tips that were useful to me. Here they are
1)Over the whole document make average sentence length 15 to 20 words.
2) Organize your material in a way that helps the reader to grasp the important information early and to navigate through t he document easily.
Angela
The two tips that I found the most important were:
-Avoid being enslaved by writing myths.
-Organize your material in a way that helps readers to grasp the important information early and to navigate through the document easily.
Melissa Lobsinger
The two I found to be most interesting is:
1. Plan before you write.
2. Use clear layout to present your plain words in an easily accessible way.
SHENEA WALKER
Two tips that I found important are as follows:
Use words your readers are likely to understand.
Put accurate punctuation at the heart of your writing.
Deidra W.
The two helpful tips are:
- Use words your readers are likely to understand
- Use only as many words as you really need to.
Verona
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