Comments on: What Makes Your Writing Professional? http://brunerbiz.com/plain-language/what-makes-your-writing-professional/ Fri, 04 May 2012 02:36:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Clare Lynch http://brunerbiz.com/plain-language/what-makes-your-writing-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Clare Lynch Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:04:17 +0000 http://brunerbiz.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/what-makes-your-writing-professional/#comment-43 Too true! I've had similar things said to me when teaching writing courses. A common exclamation is: "But my boss won't like it if I don't use long words!" As most of my clients are in financial services, I usually point them to Warren Buffet's intro to the SEC Plain English Handbook (http://www.sec.gov/pdf/handbook.pdf). If simple writing is good enough for the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and the world's most successful investor, it's good enough for your boss! Too true! I’ve had similar things said to me when teaching writing courses. A common exclamation is: “But my boss won’t like it if I don’t use long words!”

As most of my clients are in financial services, I usually point them to Warren Buffet’s intro to the SEC Plain English Handbook (http://www.sec.gov/pdf/handbook.pdf).

If simple writing is good enough for the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and the world’s most successful investor, it’s good enough for your boss!

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