The Dictionary of Concise Writing: More Than 10,000 Alternatives to Wordy Phrases

Fiske, Robert Hartwell/ Lederer, Richard (Foreward By)

ISBN 10: 1933338121 / ISBN 13: 9781933338125

Published by Marion Street Pr, 2006

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2nd edition. 399 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 1933338121

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Dictionary of Concise Writing: More Than 10,000 Alternatives to Wordy Phrases
• Publisher: Marion Street Pr
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933338121
• ISBN 13: 9781933338125
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.52 kilograms

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Synopsis

Concise alternatives for thousands of common, wordy phrases are provided in this guide to clean, strong prose. Updated and revised with hundreds of new entries, this new edition can tidy up any writer's long-winded phraseology with such helpful replacements as "because" for "based on the fact that," "cease" for "put an end to," and "violate" for "fail to comply with."

About the Author

Robert Hartwell Fiske is the editor and publisher of The Vocabula Review and the author of The Dictionary of Disagreeable English and The Dimwit's Dictionary. He lives in Rockwell, Massachusetts. Richard Lederer is the author of more than 3,000 books and articles about language and humor, including A Man of My Words. He is the author of the syndicated column, "Looking at Language." He lives in Costa Mesa, California.