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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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How's the Weather?: Ice-Breaking and Fog-Lifting in Your Written Messages.
Vassallo, Philip
ETC: A Review of General Semantics, v50 n4 p484-91 Win 1993-94
Describes two ways to combat "bad tone" and "unclear thinking" in writing. Describes "breaking the ice" as being aware of a written message's appearance--the message's readability. Explains that "fog-lifting" is accomplished by writing clearly, and by paying particular attention to the verb "to be," punctuation, and the denotative meaning of words. (PA)
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Grammar, Language Usage, Punctuation, Readability, Writing Improvement
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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