Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing [3 ed.] 0205028802, 2010043524

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Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing [3 ed.]
 0205028802, 2010043524

Table of contents :
Title
Contents
A Word About These "Conversations"
Preface to the Third Edition
Fundamentals
1 Thinking Well
2 Getting Launched
3 Openers
4 Middles
5 Closers
6 Diction
7 Readability
8 Superstitions
9 Critical Analysis: Jousting with Mencken
10 Dramatizing Your Ideas
11 Revising
12 Proofreading
Odds & Ends
13 Punctuation
Semicolons
Commas
Parentheses
Dashes
Colons
Hyphens
Exclamation Points
14 Quoting
Punctuation Introducing Quotations
Punctuation at the End of Quotations
Miscellaneous Small Points
Indented Quotations
Orphan Quotes
Dialogue
Punctuating Run-on Quotations of Poetry
References for Quotations
Punctuating Parenthetical References
Ellipses
Editorial Insertions (Square Brackets)
15 Abbreviations
16 Tips on Usage
17 Epilogue
Sources
Index

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