[PDF] Dictonary Of Concise Writing eBook

Author : Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 41,12 MB
Release : 2014-03-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0393347176

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The essential guide to writing succinctly. Who doesn’t hate wading through wordy paragraphs? Unfortunately, many writers don’t realize when they are padding their sentences and obscuring their meaning. Enter To the Point, the essential guide to writing succinctly. Featuring hundreds of new entries, this freshly updated edition is complete with: • A guide to the basics of writing concisely, including how to reduce the number of words in a phrase, substitute a single word for a phrase, and delete extraneous words and phrases. • The "Dictionary of Concise Writing," which gives concise alternatives to thousands of wordy phrases. Language expert Robert Hartwell Fiske uses each wordy phrase in a sentence and then rewrites or deletes the phrase entirely to show how the sentence can be improved. • The brand new "Guide to Obfuscation: A Reverse Dictionary," which helps writers build a more pithy vocabulary. To the Point is the perfect reference book for anyone who wants to communicate more effectively through clear and beautiful writing.

Author : Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher : Marion Street Press, Inc.
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,53 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780966517668

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A guide to clean, strong prose that lists thousands of common, wordy phrases that too many writers rely on, and offers concise alternatives.

Author : Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher : Paw Prints
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 18,3 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781435285613

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Provides basic writing guidelines, tips on reducing wordiness, and a dictionary of phrases and their alternatives.

Author : Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher : MacMillan Reference Library
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 49,6 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :

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As the trend in writing shifts even more toward sharp, accurate sentences, there are growing numbers of people who need help getting their point across clearly and effectively.

Author : Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher :
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,49 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :

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For anyone who writes for others to read, this is an essential reference. Author Robert Hartwell Fiske spotlights say-nothing phrases that have waddled into common usage. Fiske shows how to make fat-free sentences--lean, clean, quick, and clear--with a stroke of the blue (or red) pencil or delete key. Includes a dictionary of wordy phrases with cocise alternatives.

Author : Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 37,54 MB
Release : 2014-03-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0393242897

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The essential guide to writing succinctly. Who doesn’t hate wading through wordy paragraphs? Unfortunately, many writers don’t realize when they are padding their sentences and obscuring their meaning. Enter To the Point, the essential guide to writing succinctly. Featuring hundreds of new entries, this freshly updated edition is complete with: • A guide to the basics of writing concisely, including how to reduce the number of words in a phrase, substitute a single word for a phrase, and delete extraneous words and phrases. • The "Dictionary of Concise Writing," which gives concise alternatives to thousands of wordy phrases. Language expert Robert Hartwell Fiske uses each wordy phrase in a sentence and then rewrites or deletes the phrase entirely to show how the sentence can be improved. • The brand new "Guide to Obfuscation: A Reverse Dictionary," which helps writers build a more pithy vocabulary. To the Point is the perfect reference book for anyone who wants to communicate more effectively through clear and beautiful writing.

Author : EDITORIAL BOARD
Publisher : V&S Publishers
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 40,12 MB
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9352150503

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This authoritative dictionary is designed to help readers expand vocabulary and language skills to reach appreciative levels and then exceed that! Hence, pick up the various ways to explain the meaning of idioms, phrases and proverbs, besides interpreting figurative language, such as metaphors and similes.The volume is composed of four separate sections:1. Idioms, 2.Phrases, 3.Proverbs and 4.Metaphors and Similes Key Featureso Sentences focussed on figurative language and sayingso Includes common idioms, popular phrases, witty proverbs, metaphors and similes.o Contains hyperbole and adages at appropriate placeso Organized into A-Z format with sentences at easy and moderate levelso Allows readers to develop and then apply new skills of expressiono Aligns to the English and Foreign words currently in popular useBenefitso Produces a complete understanding of common idiomso Provides recognizing the meaning of popular phraseso Encourages readers to understand and relate to witty proverbso Develops the ability to use metaphors and simileso Introduces adage and hyperboleo Improves vocabulary and enhances knowledge of word meaningso Polishes persuasive, descriptive and narrative writing skills

Author : Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 13,15 MB
Release : 2011-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1451651317

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A comprehensive disctionary of common misusages illustrates the right way and the wrong way to use language and explores why dictionaries do not always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word.

Author : Xiaolu Guo
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 10,31 MB
Release : 2008-06-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307455637

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From one of our most important contemporary Chinese authors: a novel of language and love that tells one young Chinese woman's story of her journey to the West—and her attempts to understand the language, and the man, she adores. Zhuang—or “Z,” to tongue-tied foreigners—has come to London to study English, but finds herself adrift, trapped in a cycle of cultural gaffes and grammatical mishaps. Then she meets an Englishman who changes everything, leading her into a world of self-discovery. She soon realizes that, in the West, “love” does not always mean the same as in China, and that you can learn all the words in the English language and still not understand your lover. And as the novel progresses with steadily improving grammar and vocabulary, Z's evolving voice makes her quest for comprehension all the more poignant. With sparkling wit, Xiaolu Guo has created an utterly original novel about identity and the cultural divide.