Understanding style : practical ways to improve your writing / Joe Glaser.
Understanding style : practical ways to improve your writing / Joe Glaser.
Understanding style : practical ways to improve your writing / Joe Glaser.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N808.042/112
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English
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xii, 244 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Voices You Want to Listen to: Elements of a Written Voice -- Ch. 2. Voices to Shun: Typical Modes of Bad Writing -- Ch. 3. Two Widespread Problems: Overwriting and Underwriting -- Ch. 4. Finding the Right Words -- Ch. 5. Finding Fresh Words: Cliches, Usage, Quoting, Figurative Language -- Ch....
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New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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An ideal text for courses in advanced composition. Understanding Style uncovers some of the inherent mystery of style and explains how to craft good sentences and combine them into writing that is clear and readable. While similar books often fail to address the relationship between written style and spoken voices or to discuss the ways that writer...
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Understanding style : practical ways to improve your writing / Joe Glaser.
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Includes index.
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N808.042/112
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0195119320 (acid-free paper)
9780195119329 (acid-free paper)
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808.042
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991007308189702626
