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Essential English : for journalists, editors and writers / Harold Evans and Crawford Gillian.

By: Evans, Harold, 1928-.
Contributor(s): Gillan, Crawford.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Plimlico, 2000Description: xiii, 296 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0712664475; 9780712664479.Subject(s): English language -- UsageDDC classification: 428
Contents:
The making of a newspaper -- Good English -- Words -- Watch this language -- The structure of a news story - Intros -- The structure of a news story - The news lead -- Background -- Headlines -- Headline Vocabulary.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Essential English is an indispensable guide to the use of words as tools of communication. It is written primarily for journalists, yet its lessons are of immense value to all who face the problem of giving information, whether to the general public or within business, professional or social organisations.

FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED BY CRAWFORD GILLAN

RECOMMENDED BY THE SOCIETY OF EDITORS

Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-287) and index.

The making of a newspaper -- Good English -- Words -- Watch this language -- The structure of a news story - Intros -- The structure of a news story - The news lead -- Background -- Headlines -- Headline Vocabulary.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword to the Pimlico edition (p. ix)
  • Editor's Preface (p. xi)
  • 1 The Making of a Newspaper (p. 1)
  • The Copydesk (p. 2)
  • The Text Editor (p. 4)
  • The Copy-taster (p. 5)
  • The Projection Editor (p. 6)
  • The Revise Editor (p. 7)
  • Standards in Editing (p. 8)
  • What Makes a Good Text Editor? (p. 10)
  • 2 Good English (p. 14)
  • Sentences--Limit the Ideas (p. 17)
  • Be Active (p. 22)
  • Be Positive (p. 25)
  • Avoid Monotony (p. 27)
  • 3 Words (p. 30)
  • Use Specific Words (p. 32)
  • Write with Nouns and Verbs (p. 44)
  • Strike Out Meaningless Modifiers (p. 46)
  • Avoid Needless Repetition (p. 48)
  • Avoid Monologophobia (p. 51)
  • Watch the Prepositions (p. 53)
  • Care for Meanings (p. 56)
  • Avoid Cliches (p. 63)
  • Story Sources of Wordiness (p. 64)
  • 4 Watch this Language (p. 75)
  • Wasteful Words (p. 76)
  • Redundancies (p. 83)
  • Stale Expressions (p. 87)
  • 5 The Structure of a News Story--Intros (p. 91)
  • Chronology (p. 97)
  • Source Obsession (p. 100)
  • Overloading (p. 105)
  • Three Aids to Better Intros (p. 109)
  • Special Intro Problems (p. 114)
  • 6 The Structure of a News Story--The News Lead (p. 121)
  • Action Stories (p. 121)
  • A Good News Narrative (p. 126)
  • Statement-Opinion Stories (p. 132)
  • How the Dailies Handled the Story (p. 135)
  • An American Example (p. 143)
  • Speeches and Reports (p. 147)
  • Running Statement-Opinion Stories (p. 149)
  • 7 Background (p. 162)
  • Background for Intelligibility (p. 162)
  • Background for Interest (p. 178)
  • Story-telling (p. 180)
  • Exercises in Choice of Style (p. 186)
  • News-features Editing (p. 195)
  • 8 Headlines (p. 204)
  • What the News Headline Says (p. 204)
  • The Headline's Purpose (p. 205)
  • How Many Ideas? (p. 208)
  • Grammatical Traps (p. 210)
  • Impartiality (p. 212)
  • Accuracy (p. 213)
  • How the News Headline Says It (p. 214)
  • Verbs (p. 215)
  • Subject Omitted (p. 220)
  • Who's Who (p. 222)
  • Be Specific (p. 224)
  • Saying Where (p. 226)
  • Be Positive (p. 228)
  • Single Thoughts (p. 230)
  • The Key Word (p. 232)
  • Labels That Work (p. 233)
  • Headlines in Practice (p. 235)
  • Free-style Headlines (p. 237)
  • Letting the Words Take Over (p. 239)
  • Good and Bad Puns (p. 240)
  • Feature Headings (p. 241)
  • Specialised Pages (p. 243)
  • Headlinese (p. 244)
  • The Seven Deadly Sins (p. 245)
  • 9 Headline Vocabulary (p. 254)
  • Notes (p. 286)
  • Index (p. 288)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

From 1997 to 1999, Harold Evans was Editorial Director and Vice Chairman of U.S. News and World Report, the New York Daily News, and Fast Company. He was President and Publisher of the Random House Trade Group from 1990 to 1997. He lives in New York City.

(Bowker Author Biography)