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Edit Yourself - A Manual for Everyone Who Words with Words (Paperback) Loot Price: R260
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Edit Yourself - A Manual for Everyone Who Words with Words (Paperback)

Bruce Ross-Larson

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In the first part of this useful book, the author shows how to solve common problems of writing. The reader will learn how to recognize common problems of writing. The reader will learn how to recognize words and phrases that should be cut; how to shorten cumbersome sentences; how to arrange the elements of pairs, series, and compound subjects and predicates; how to recognize and rectify mismanaged participles; and how to be on the lookout for the better word. The second part of the book consists of more than 1500 recommendations for cuts, changes, and comparisons that editors make to produce writing that is concise and effective.

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Imprint: W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 1997
First published: 1996
Authors: Bruce Ross-Larson
Dimensions: 210 x 138 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 109
ISBN-13: 978-0-393-31326-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Writing & editing guides > General
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LSN: 0-393-31326-3
Barcode: 9780393313260

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