The Resource Edit yourself : a manual for everyone who works with words, by Bruce Ross-Larson
Edit yourself : a manual for everyone who works with words, by Bruce Ross-Larson
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- Summary
- Think you have a way with words? Whether you're a student or a teacher, an assistant or a business executive, even a writer or an editor, most likely your writing can be enhanced and improved. Enter Edit Yourself, Bruce Ross-Larson's clear-cut, concise guide to grammar and the written word. In Part 1, he puts you at the editor's desk, revealing the most common cuts, changes, and comparisons made for clearer, crisper, and more effective sentences. Train your eye to spot errors; be on the lookout for the better word, and more. Part 2 ties it all together with more than 1,500 alphabetized recommendations, providing simple and straightforward ways to improve your writing. - Jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (109 pages)
- Contents
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- Author's note
- Part 1 : What editors look for. Fat
- The better word
- Pronoun references
- Order in the sentence
- Shorter sentences
- Dangling constructions
- Abused relatives
- The active voice
- Parallel constructions
- Consistency
- Basic tools
- Part 2 : What editors cut, change, and compare
- Label
- Edit yourself : a manual for everyone who works with words
- Title
- Edit yourself
- Title remainder
- a manual for everyone who works with words
- Statement of responsibility
- by Bruce Ross-Larson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Think you have a way with words? Whether you're a student or a teacher, an assistant or a business executive, even a writer or an editor, most likely your writing can be enhanced and improved. Enter Edit Yourself, Bruce Ross-Larson's clear-cut, concise guide to grammar and the written word. In Part 1, he puts you at the editor's desk, revealing the most common cuts, changes, and comparisons made for clearer, crisper, and more effective sentences. Train your eye to spot errors; be on the lookout for the better word, and more. Part 2 ties it all together with more than 1,500 alphabetized recommendations, providing simple and straightforward ways to improve your writing. - Jacket flap
- Cataloging source
- ATA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ross-Larson, Bruce Clifford
- Dewey number
- 808.042
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PE1460
- LC item number
- .R725 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- NLM call number
- PE 1460 R725 2003
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- English language
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- English language
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- Edit yourself : a manual for everyone who works with words, by Bruce Ross-Larson
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- rdacarrier
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- Contents
- Author's note -- Part 1 : What editors look for. Fat -- The better word -- Pronoun references -- Order in the sentence -- Shorter sentences -- Dangling constructions -- Abused relatives -- The active voice -- Parallel constructions -- Consistency -- Basic tools -- Part 2 : What editors cut, change, and compare
- Extent
- 1 online resource (109 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1033580653
- Label
- Edit yourself : a manual for everyone who works with words, by Bruce Ross-Larson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Author's note -- Part 1 : What editors look for. Fat -- The better word -- Pronoun references -- Order in the sentence -- Shorter sentences -- Dangling constructions -- Abused relatives -- The active voice -- Parallel constructions -- Consistency -- Basic tools -- Part 2 : What editors cut, change, and compare
- Extent
- 1 online resource (109 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1033580653
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