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" Understanding style : "
Joe Glaser.
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BL
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873561
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Glaser, Joseph,1942-
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Understanding style : : practical ways to improve your writing /\ Joe Glaser.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1999.
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xii, 244 pages ;; 21 cm
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0195119320
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: 9780195119329
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Includes index.
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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What style is : good and bad writing. Voices you want to listen to : elements of a written voice ; Voices to shun : typical modes of bad writing ; Two widespread problems : overwriting and underwriting ; Finding the right words ; Finding fresh words : clichés, usage, quoting, figurative language -- Crafting clear, pleasing, and coherent sentences. Coherence : fitting sentences together ; Assigning emphasis ; Controlling rhythm ; Naming definite actors and actions ; Achieving structural variety ; Rules of thumb -- Appendices. A. A brief dictionary of usage ; B. Guide to punctuation ; C. Glossary.
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"An ideal text for courses in advanced composition. Understanding Style uncovers some of the inherent mystery of style and explains how to craft good sentences and combine them into writing that is clear and readable. While similar books often fail to address the relationship between written style and spoken voices or to discuss the ways that writers control rhythm and emphasis precisely the kind of issues that give style its reputation as a difficult topic - this unique book adapts the findings of modern linguistic research into detailed writing advice seldom found elsewhere."--BOOK JACKET.
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English language-- Rhetoric.
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English language-- Style.
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Report writing.
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English language-- Rhetoric.
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English language-- Style.
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Report writing.
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Englisch.
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Lehrbuch.
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Stilistik.
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Stilistik.
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Schrijven.
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Stilistiek.
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Englisch.
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| Dewey Classification
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808/.042
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PE1421.G53 1999
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17.41bcl
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HD 226rvk
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