Author: Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393347176
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
The essential guide to writing succinctly. 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 phrase in a sentence and then rewrites or deletes the phrase entirely to show how the sentence can be improved. • 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.
To the Point: A Dictionary of Concise Writing
The Dictionary of Concise Writing
Author: Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher: Marion Street Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9780966517668
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
A guide to clean, strong prose that lists thousands of common, wordy phrases that too many writers rely on, and offers concise alternatives.
Publisher: Marion Street Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9780966517668
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
A guide to clean, strong prose that lists thousands of common, wordy phrases that too many writers rely on, and offers concise alternatives.
The Dictionary of Concise Writing
Author: Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher: Paw Prints
ISBN: 9781435285613
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Provides basic writing guidelines, tips on reducing wordiness, and a dictionary of phrases and their alternatives.
Publisher: Paw Prints
ISBN: 9781435285613
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Provides basic writing guidelines, tips on reducing wordiness, and a dictionary of phrases and their alternatives.
Guide to Concise Writing
Author: Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher: MacMillan Reference Library
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
As the trend in writing shifts even more toward sharp, accurate sentences, there are growing numbers of people who need help getting their point across clearly and effectively.
Publisher: MacMillan Reference Library
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
As the trend in writing shifts even more toward sharp, accurate sentences, there are growing numbers of people who need help getting their point across clearly and effectively.
The Writer's Digest Dictionary of Concise Writing
Author: Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
For anyone who writes for others to read, this is an essential reference. Author Robert Hartwell Fiske spotlights say-nothing phrases that have waddled into common usage. Fiske shows how to make fat-free sentences--lean, clean, quick, and clear--with a stroke of the blue (or red) pencil or delete key. Includes a dictionary of wordy phrases with cocise alternatives.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
For anyone who writes for others to read, this is an essential reference. Author Robert Hartwell Fiske spotlights say-nothing phrases that have waddled into common usage. Fiske shows how to make fat-free sentences--lean, clean, quick, and clear--with a stroke of the blue (or red) pencil or delete key. Includes a dictionary of wordy phrases with cocise alternatives.
To the Point: A Dictionary of Concise Writing
Author: Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393242897
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
The essential guide to writing succinctly. 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 phrase in a sentence and then rewrites or deletes the phrase entirely to show how the sentence can be improved. • 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.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393242897
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
The essential guide to writing succinctly. 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 phrase in a sentence and then rewrites or deletes the phrase entirely to show how the sentence can be improved. • 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.
Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English
Author: Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451651317
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
A comprehensive disctionary of common misusages illustrates the right way and the wrong way to use language and explores why dictionaries do not always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451651317
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
A comprehensive disctionary of common misusages illustrates the right way and the wrong way to use language and explores why dictionaries do not always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word.
CONCISE DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH COMBINED (IDIOMS, PHRASES, PROBERBS, SIMILIES)
Author: EDITORIAL BOARD
Publisher: V&S Publishers
ISBN: 9352150503
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
This authoritative dictionary is designed to help readers expand vocabulary and language skills to reach appreciative levels and then exceed that! Hence, pick up the various ways to explain the meaning of idioms, phrases and proverbs, besides interpreting figurative language, such as metaphors and similes.The volume is composed of four separate sections:1. Idioms, 2.Phrases, 3.Proverbs and 4.Metaphors and Similes Key Featureso Sentences focussed on figurative language and sayingso Includes common idioms, popular phrases, witty proverbs, metaphors and similes.o Contains hyperbole and adages at appropriate placeso Organized into A-Z format with sentences at easy and moderate levelso Allows readers to develop and then apply new skills of expressiono Aligns to the English and Foreign words currently in popular useBenefitso Produces a complete understanding of common idiomso Provides recognizing the meaning of popular phraseso Encourages readers to understand and relate to witty proverbso Develops the ability to use metaphors and simileso Introduces adage and hyperboleo Improves vocabulary and enhances knowledge of word meaningso Polishes persuasive, descriptive and narrative writing skills
Publisher: V&S Publishers
ISBN: 9352150503
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
This authoritative dictionary is designed to help readers expand vocabulary and language skills to reach appreciative levels and then exceed that! Hence, pick up the various ways to explain the meaning of idioms, phrases and proverbs, besides interpreting figurative language, such as metaphors and similes.The volume is composed of four separate sections:1. Idioms, 2.Phrases, 3.Proverbs and 4.Metaphors and Similes Key Featureso Sentences focussed on figurative language and sayingso Includes common idioms, popular phrases, witty proverbs, metaphors and similes.o Contains hyperbole and adages at appropriate placeso Organized into A-Z format with sentences at easy and moderate levelso Allows readers to develop and then apply new skills of expressiono Aligns to the English and Foreign words currently in popular useBenefitso Produces a complete understanding of common idiomso Provides recognizing the meaning of popular phraseso Encourages readers to understand and relate to witty proverbso Develops the ability to use metaphors and simileso Introduces adage and hyperboleo Improves vocabulary and enhances knowledge of word meaningso Polishes persuasive, descriptive and narrative writing skills
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199208271
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199208271
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
The Concise Oxford Dictionary
Author: C. Soanes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780195651072
Category : English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780195651072
Category : English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description