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<p><p>This acclaimed book is a master teacher's tested program for turning clumsy prose into clear, powerful, and effective writing. A logical, expert, easy-to-use plan for achieving excellence in expression, <I>Style</I> offers neither simplistic rules nor endless lists of dos and don'ts. Rather, Joseph Williams explains how to be concise, how to be focused, how to be organized. Filled with realistic examples of good, bad, and better writing, and step-by-step strategies for crafting a sentence or organizing a paragraph, <I>Style</I> does much more than teach mechanics&#58; it helps anyone who must write clearly and persuasively transform even the roughest of drafts into a polished work of clarity, coherence, impact, and personality.<p>"Buy Williams's book. And dig out from storage your dog-eared old copy of <I>The Elements of Style.</I> Set them side by side on your reference shelf."&#8212;Barbara Walraff, <I>Atlantic</I><p>"Let newcoming writers discover this, and let their teachers and readers rejoice. It is a practical, disciplined text that is also a pleasure to read."&#8212;<I>Christian Century</I><p>"An excellent book....It provides a sensible, well-balanced approach, featur

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Common subject areas: education, pedagogy.

Author
Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, Gregory G. Colomb
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9780226899152
Category
education
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Reference
Rating
4.13 / 5 (578 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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