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Do I Make Myself Clear?: Why Writing Well Matters
Harold Evans
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Description for Do I Make Myself Clear?: Why Writing Well Matters
Hardback. A wise and entertaining guide to writing English the proper way, by one of the greatest newspaper editors of our time. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: CBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
Harry Evans has edited everything from the urgent files of battlefield reporters to the complex thought processes of Henry Kissinger, and he has been knighted for his services to journalism. In Do I Make Myself Clear?,his definitive guide to writing well, Evans brings his indispensable insight to the art of clear communication. The right words are oxygen to our ideas, but the digital era, with all of its TTYL, LMK and WTF, has been cutting off that oxygen flow. The compulsion to be precise has vanished from our culture, and in writing of all kinds we see ... Read more
Harry Evans has edited everything from the urgent files of battlefield reporters to the complex thought processes of Henry Kissinger, and he has been knighted for his services to journalism. In Do I Make Myself Clear?,his definitive guide to writing well, Evans brings his indispensable insight to the art of clear communication. The right words are oxygen to our ideas, but the digital era, with all of its TTYL, LMK and WTF, has been cutting off that oxygen flow. The compulsion to be precise has vanished from our culture, and in writing of all kinds we see ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408709665
SKU
V9781408709665
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99-10
About Harold Evans
Sir Harold Evans is a British-born journalist and writer. The author of several bestselling histories of America and former editor of The Times and the Sunday Times, he holds the British Press Awards' Gold Award for Lifetime Achievement of Journalists. In 2001 he was voted the all-time greatest British newspaper editor, and in 2004 he was knighted. He is ... Read more
Reviews for Do I Make Myself Clear?: Why Writing Well Matters
Evans has a lifetime's experience of the power of words to enlighten, inspire or harm. [A] trenchant and entertaining guide to clear expression
Daily Mail
It is refreshing to read Do I Make Myself Clear?, which is both a master class on English usage and a call for clarity of expression
Choice
A masterclass in succinct ... Read more
Daily Mail
It is refreshing to read Do I Make Myself Clear?, which is both a master class on English usage and a call for clarity of expression
Choice
A masterclass in succinct ... Read more