Further information

Style / Plain English / Help and advice

Style

The following corporate guidance booklets are available from the Corporate Communications Team, unless indicated. contact corporate.communications@hants.gov.uk.

• Our corporate identity by the Corporate Communications Team (April 2005)

• Report writing guide (December 2003) - available from David Hinxman, Democratic Services

• Publications guide, by the Public Relations Unit (August 1995).

Useful books about house style conventions include:

• The Oxford dictionary for writers and editors (Oxford University Press, 2000)

• The PC is not a typewriter, by Robin Williams (Addison Wesley, 1992).

Plain English

The Plain English Campaign has produced a teach-yourself course called "How to write letters in plain English". If you would like to borrow a copy, contact the Corporate Communications Team on 01962 846415.

County Treasurer's staff can borrow "The plain English story" from their department library (Room 220, Elizabeth II Court).

Other books that might interest you are:

• The plain English guide, by M Cutts (Oxford, 1996)

• The quick reference guide to plain English, by M Cutts (Oxford, 1999)

• The complete plain words, by Sir Ernest Gowers (David R Godine Publisher, 1990)

• The new Fowler's modern English usage (Oxford, 1998)

• Mind the stop: a brief guide to punctuation, by G V Carey (Penguin, 1971)

• The Oxford English grammar (Clarendon Press, 1995).

For information about the Plain Language Commission contact:

Martin Cutts, Research Director
Plain Language Commission
The Castle
29 Stoneheads
Whaley Bridge
High Peak
Derbyshire
SK23 7BB

Tel: 01663 733177
Fax: 01663 735135

or visit the Plain Language Commission website.

Help and advice

For further information about corporate style and plain English, contact your departmental communications staff or contact the Corporate Communications Team on 01962 846415.

Contact the Hantsweb Team on 01962 874509 for advice on Hantsweb and Hantsnet style.