2009년 1월 25일 일요일

How to Write Well (From Greg Mankiw's Blog)


How to Write Well

When I was CEA chair, I sent the following guidelines to my staff as they started drafting the Economic Report of the President. A friend recently emailed me a copy, and I thought I would share them with blog readers. They are good rules of thumb, especially for economists writing for a general audience.

read more at http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-write-well.html


          Avoid unnecessary words. For instance, in most cases, change
o “in order to” to “to”
o “whether or not” to “whether”
o “is equal to” to “equals”

The word “very” is very often very unnecessary.

Buy a copy of Strunk and White’s Elements of Style. Also, William Zinsser’s On Writing Well. Read them—again and again and again.



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