Appendix D
Resources

[All Internet addresses cited were accessed on May 24, 2006. Where such an address breaks to a second line, no space or punctuation is intended.]

Books

Bringhurst, R. (2004). The Elements of Typographic Style (version 3.1). Vancouver: Hartley & Marks.

Brockman, A. (2004). Putting Plain Language into Practice. Yellowknife, NT: NWT Literacy Council. www.nwt.literacy.ca/plainlng/practice/contents.htm.

Cochrane, J. (2003). Between You and I: A little book of BAD English. Cambridge, UK: Icon Books Ltd.

Cutts, M. (2004). The Oxford Guide to Plain English (2nd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Doak, C., Doak, L., & Root, J. (1996). Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA, USA: Lippincott Co.

Eagleson, R. (1990). Writing in Plain English. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. Quoted at www.eastendliteracy.on.ca/clearlanguageanddesign/facts/facts5.htm.

Fiske, R. (2002). The Dictionary of Concise Writing: 10,000 alternatives to wordy phrases. Oak Park, IL, USA: Marion Street Press Inc.

Osbourne, H. (2005). Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical ways to communicate your health message. Sudbury, MA, USA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Inc.

Penny, L. (2005). Your Call Is Important to Us: The truth about bullshit. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart.

Russell, M., Russell, N., & Juszczynski, M., eds. (1996). Poland ’96 Habitat and Human Development. Warszawa, Poland: Foundation for Social Security.

Sabin, W., Millar, W., Sine, S., & Strashok, G. (2003), The Gregg Reference Manual (6th Canadian ed.). Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.

Strunk, W., & White, E.B. (2000), The Elements of Style (4th ed.). New York, NY, USA: Longman.

Truss, L. (2003). Eats, Shoots & Leaves. London, UK: Profile Books.

Viljoen, F., & Nienaber, A. (eds.). (2001). Plain Legal Language for a New Democracy. Pretoria, South Africa: Protea Book House.

Watson, D. (2005). Death Sentences: How clichés, weasel words, and management- speak are strangling public language. Toronto: Viking Canada.