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Over a million copies sold Writing with Style offers a fresh,
up-to-date insight into the principles and tools we can all deploy
when it comes to expressing ourselves better when we write. Its
leaner, cleaner form ranges widely - from grammar and punctuation
to using numbers and how to edit. It also tackles some of the key
linguistic issues we face today, like balancing plain speech with
sensitivity, and knowing when to use jargon. The result is a clear
guide to making the most of the written word: conversational but
authoritative; accessible, yet comprehensive.
Language is a wild animal: rough, ambiguous, inconsistent in countless
ways. But that just makes it all the more tempting to tame it. Many
have tried, from sticklers for supposedly correct grammar to inventors
of supposedly perfect languages; from software engineers working on
machine translation to governments that see language management as
politics by another means. But when you enter the lair of a wild beast,
you can be lucky to escape with your wits.
Join Lane Greene on a journey of discovery into the deep strangeness of
language. Learn why grammar rules can never capture the extraordinary
variety of ordinary usage. See what happens when you try to design a
language that really makes sense. Find out why, for all the talk of
decline in English, no language in recorded history has ever gone to
the dogs, or ever could. And learn the fate of those bold individuals
who, through heroism or ignorance, ventured to teach their tongue some
new tricks.
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