Book description
The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct
and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English.
Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with
something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you
find the best way to get your message across clearly and effectively.
Many of us are spending more and more time using emails, especially
at work. This practical guide steers you through all the basics and
'netiquette' of emailing strangers, business contacts and colleagues:
from setting up an email account, presentation and formatting of your
emails to how to avoid offensive blunders and the legal issues
surrounding this kind of writing. It offers indispensable guidance for
simple and direct writing - including cultural differences,
appropriate language and common pitfalls - so that your emails give
the best possible impression.
RL Trask was born in western New York State in 1944. Having come to
England in 1970, he obtained his Ph. D. from the University of London in
1983. He taught linguistics at the University of Liverpool from 1979 to
1988, and then at the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences (now
the Linguistics and English Language Department) at the University of
Sussex. His special interests were historical linguistics, grammar and
the Basque language. He wrote a number of books, including A Dictionary
of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics, Language Change, Language: The
Basics, The Penguin Guide to Punctuation, The Penguin Dictionary of
English Grammar and Mind the Gaffe. How to Write Effective Emails is
sadly his last book for Penguin as he died in 2004.
