| How to Write Clearly Contributor(s): Abbott, Edwin A. (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798715506719 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Academic & Scholarly - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Composition - Education |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.52 lbs) 92 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Book Excerpt: he Relative.50. A statement may sometimes be briefly implied instead of being expressed at length.51. Conjunctions may be omitted. Adverbs, e.g. "very," "so." Exaggerated epithets, e.g. "incalculable," "unprecedented."51 a. The imperative may be used for "if &c."52. Apposition may be used, so as to convert two sentences into one.53. Condensation may be effected by not repeating (1) the common Subject of several Verbs; (2) the common Object of several Verbs or Prepositions.54. Tautology. Repeating what may be implied.55. Parenthesis maybe used with advantage to brevity. See 26.56. Brevity often clashes with clearness. Let clearness be the first consideration.CLEARNESS AND FORCE.Numbers in brackets refer to the Rules.WORDS.*1. Use words in their proper sense.*Write, not "His apparent guilt justified his friends in disowning him," but "his evidentRead More |