The art of readable writing / Foreword by Alan J. Gould.

"Reading list": p. 217-218.

"Notes" (bibliographical): p. 219-228.

You and Aristotle -- Other people's minds -- The importance of being trivial -- The shape of ideas -- All writing is creative -- From false starts to wrong conclusions -- How to be human through factual -- Drama in everyday prose -- An ear for writing -- Did Shakespeare make mistakes in English? -- Our shrinking sentences -- Our expanding words -- R for readability -- Degrees of plain talk -- Results of plain talk -- Those unpredictable words -- Those unpredictable readers -- Are words necessary? -- How to operate a blue pencil -- The pedigree of plain talk -- It's your own language -- Appendix: How to use the readability formula.