By Effective Writing

Accordingly, George Orwell's sixth rule of effective writing was to "Break any of rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous." I believe that this is fairly barbarous in style terms: "Contrary to popular belief, creative tendencies are evenly spread throughout right- and left-handed...

Hi KK, I am a communication student at the University of the Philippines. Based on what I've learned from my course, if u have to write an essay, make an outline first. Follow the clear and effective writing technique like shorten your sentences, have unity and coherence, etc. One thought one...

Saiing wrote:I think GG makes some good points.Right now, effective communication and accuracy are more important for you than writing style. I'm sorry to be a little negative, and please don't be offended, but your first question: "what is individual writing style mean??" contains a fairly...

1. I understand the/a variable noun is uncount when use in a general sense and is a count noun when it refers to a particular instance of something. OK, and I think they can sometimes be used interchangeably like some of these below. Can you check if they can be used interchangeably? 1. exposed...

Hi, If you want effective writing, I don't like any of these sentences. The main reason is that it's very vague to talk about estimating availability. What 'you' are really trying to estimate is the date on which the missing data will be available. I suggest this briefer and more direct version...

Which version is considered most effective writing? Is it the first one? Is it a grammatically correct sentence. 1. Once you have the estimates of the missing data availability, we could forward this to Mark. 2. Once you have the estimates for the availability of the missing data, we could...

Hi JJ-- welcome to English Forums. There's no quick fix to improve your writing, beyond lots of reading and lots of practice. Googling 'effective writing' will give you some ideas; here's a good though brief summary, FOR INSTANCE.