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BL
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738727
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b558640
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| Main Entry
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Helen Sword.
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| Title & Author
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The writer's diet\ Helen Sword.
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| Publication Statement
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Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press, 2015. ©2007
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vii, 77 pages : colour illustrations ; 19 cm
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| ISBN
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1869408314
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: 9781869408312
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| Notes
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Previous edition published: North Shore, New Zealand : Pearson Education New Zealand, 2007.
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| Contents
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Writer's diet --;Verbal verve --;Noun density --;Prepositional podge --;Ad-dictions --;Waste words --;Afterword: Healthy writing --;Appendix: WritersDiet test.
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| Abstract
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Is your writing flabby or fit? If your sentences are weighed down with passives and prepositions, be-verbs and waste words, The WriterAEs Diet is for you. This book will help you energise your writing and strip unnecessary padding from your prose. It offers a short, sharp introduction to great writing.
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English language -- Rhetoric.
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English language -- Style.
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English language -- Written English.
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| LC Classification
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PE1408.H454 9999
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Helen Sword
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