Practical Style Guide for Authors and Editors - Softcover

Margaret Nicholson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0030854911 ISBN 13: 9780030854910

Publisher: Henry Holt, Rinehart & Winston (NYC), 1971

Synopsis

"Rules for accepted usage are not dicta arbitrarily proclaimed by dictionaries and style books, to be superficially imposed, but are drawn from the practices of good writers, past and present." Margaret Nicholson (Dictionary of American-English Usage) considers internal consistency the essential criterion for good usage. She writes here for authors and editors of books (news and magazine media sometimes use shortcuts), prepares each for his specific responsibilities in publishing a manuscript, from first draft through index. Technical aspects range from typing the ms. to proofreading, to use of sources and quotations. A section on punctuation draws from published authors for proper procedure. A bibliography of references closes the book. "Whoever prints a book runs a very great risk," Miss Nicholson quotes Cervantes; her own is minimized by sound, standard practices.--Kirkus

Edition details

• Publisher: Henry Holt, Rinehart & Winston (NYC)
• Publication date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0030854911
• ISBN 13: 9780030854910
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 143