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To the Point
Robert Hartwell Fiske
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Description for To the Point
Paperback. The essential guide to writing succinctly. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: CBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 850.
Who doesn’t hate wading through wordy paragraphs? Unfortunately, many writers don’t realize when they are padding their sentences and obscuring their meaning. Enter To the Point, the essential guide to writing succinctly. Featuring hundreds of new entries, this freshly updated edition is complete with:
Who doesn’t hate wading through wordy paragraphs? Unfortunately, many writers don’t realize when they are padding their sentences and obscuring their meaning. Enter To the Point, the essential guide to writing succinctly. Featuring hundreds of new entries, this freshly updated edition is complete with:
• A guide to the basics of writing concisely, including how to reduce the number of words in a phrase, substitute a single word for a phrase, and delete extraneous words and phrases.
• The "Dictionary of Concise Writing," which gives concise alternatives to thousands of wordy phrases. Language expert Robert Hartwell Fiske uses each wordy ... Read more
• The brand new "Guide to Obfuscation: A Reverse Dictionary," which helps writers build a more pithy vocabulary.
To the Point is the perfect reference book for anyone who wants to communicate more effectively through clear and beautiful writing.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393347173
SKU
V9780393347173
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About Robert Hartwell Fiske
Robert Hartwell Fiske is the editor and publisher of The Vocabula Review, an online journal about the English language. The author of The Dictionary of Unendurable English and other books about language, he lives in Rockport, Massachusetts.
Reviews for To the Point
"At a time when we are drowning in language, Robert Hartwell Fiske has thrown us a lifeline."
Roy Peter Clark, author of How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times "If you want to write lean, succinct prose, you can do no better than to consult To the Point: A Dictionary of Concise Writing."
Rod L. Evans, author ... Read more
Roy Peter Clark, author of How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times "If you want to write lean, succinct prose, you can do no better than to consult To the Point: A Dictionary of Concise Writing."
Rod L. Evans, author ... Read more