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Teaches the techniques of good writing, with examples, exercises, and advice on usage, grammar, punctuation, and style
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This book isn't just useful to people who want to hone their writing skills; it is also useful to people in publishing -- as I found out when I looked at a copy. As someone who sees a lot of copyediting, and sees and does a lot of proofreading, some of the examples in this book are really very helpful. One of my favorites is Chapter Six: Usage -- very good for those of us who occasionally forget the difference between, say, "burglary" and "robbery"...
A. Krijgsman
Associate Managing Editor
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"A splendid book on usage--clear and quick and not cute."
--Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike
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