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Style : toward clarity and grace

Joseph M. Williams ; with two chapters coauthored by Gregory G. Colomb

(Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing)

University of Chicago Press, 1995, c1990

  • : pbk

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Note

Includes bibliographical notes (p. 199) and index

"Paperback edition 1995"--T.p. verso

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Description

This acclaimed book is a master teacher's tested program for turning clumsy prose into clear, powerful, and effective writing. A logical, expert, easy-to-use plan for achieving excellence in expression, Style offers neither simplistic rules nor endless lists of dos and don'ts. Rather, Joseph Williams explains how to be concise, how to be focused, how to be organized. Filled with realistic examples of good, bad, and better writing, and step-by-step strategies for crafting a sentence or organizing a paragraph, Style does much more than teach mechanics: it helps anyone who must write clearly and persuasively transform even the roughest of drafts into a polished work of clarity, coherence, impact, and personality. Buy Williams's book. And dig out from storage your dog-eared old copy of The Elements of Style. Set them side by side on your reference shelf.--Barbara Walraff, Atlantic Let newcoming writers discover this, and let their teachers and readers rejoice. It is a practical, disciplined text that is also a pleasure to read.--Christian Century An excellent book....It provides a sensible, well-balanced approach, featuring prescriptions that work.--Donald Karzenski, Journal of Business Communication Intensive fitness training for the expressive mind.--Booklist (The college textbook version, Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace, 9th edition, is available from Longman. ISBN 9780321479358.)

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  • NCID
    BA26017090
  • ISBN
    • 0226899152
  • LCCN
    90034828
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Chicago
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 208 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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