How to not write bad, the most common writing problems and the best ways to avoid them, Ben Yagoda
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How to not write bad, the most common writing problems and the best ways to avoid them, Ben Yagoda
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non fiction
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How to not write bad
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795167076
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Ben Yagoda
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the most common writing problems and the best ways to avoid them
Summary
Offers a guide for crafting sentences and paragraphs that are both effective and interesting and that combine clarity with correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar
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Part I. How to not write bad: the one-word version -- Part II. How to not write wrong : The elements of house style : Numbers and abbreviations ; Capitalization ; Italics ; There is no reason ever to use boldface in a piece of writing, except for a section heading (like this) -- Punctuation -- Words : The single most common mistake is the most easily fixable ; Spelling ; Wrong word -- Grammar : Sanitized ; Skunked ; Still wrong -- Part III. How to not write bad : Punctuation : Quotation marks ; Exclamation points, dashes, semicolons, colons, parentheses, italics, and rhetorical questions -- Words and phrases : Really quick fix: avoid these words! ; Short is good (I) ; Precision: words that are a bit off ; Avoid clichés like the plague ; Euphemisms, buzzwords, and jargon -- Sentences : Word rep. ; Strong start ; End strong ; Short is good (II) ; The perils of ambiguity ; What is the what? Or, the trouble with vague pronouns ; When you catch a preposition, kill it ; To use to be or not to use to be ; What the meaning of "is is" is ; Tone -- Sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph
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