Getting the Words Right: 39 Ways to Improve Your Writing

For more than 20 years, Getting the Words Right has helped readers from all professions and walks of life rewrite, revise, and refine their writing. That tradition continues with this all-new edition that features 39 targeted ways to improve one's writing by: Practicing the three fundamentals of revision (reducing, rearranging, and rewording); Trimming weak or extra words to express ideas in a concise, forceful way; Creating smooth transitions between paragraphs; Correcting invisible faults of inconsistency, incoherence, and imbalance; Effectively checking for accuracy and errors (from dangling modifiers to comma splices); With the tips and techniques in this book, readers will get it "write" every time. |||This book is sold in the US by Sony Electronics Inc. |||This book is sold in Canada by Sony Electronics Inc.

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• Published by

  F&W Media, Inc.

• Publish Date

  January 20, 2011 

• eBook ISBN

  9781599633459

• Imprint

  F&W Media, Inc.

• Filesize

  682.87 KB

• Number of Print Pages*

  N/A

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