- Each sentence should have less than fifteen words!
- Each paragraph should have only one idea - smaller is better!
- Use the Active not the Passive!
- Who? why? what? when? & how?
- Cut out any word that is not necessary!
Communicating Effectively
I'm always searching for ways to communicate more effectively, especially in the written form, so I asked 4CMR's communications officer. Here are her five tips:
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Here's a higher authority still!
'In "Politics and the English Language," George Orwell provides six rules for writers:
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
Never use a long word where a short one will do.
If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
Never use the passive voice where you can use the active.
Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell#Rules_for_writers'
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