Editing made easy : simple rules for effective writing
Kaplan, Bruce, 1942-2012
Book
An earlier version of Editing Made Easy, published in Bruce Kaplan's native Australia, has become a best-selling resource for writers in much or the English-speaking world. Because of the different spellings and conventions of American English, it has been unavailable here -- until now. This book is thoroughly revised, updated, expanded, and Americanized. It maintains the attractions of the original -- friendly, easy-to-understand rules for improved writing. It's a quick read, and an easy reference for anybody who wants to communicate clearly with American English. The book is non-technical in its approach. It doesn't cover grammatical terms such as present perfect progressive or correlative conjunctions. It boils grammar and style into a few simple rules that will serve you well whether you are a journalist, a student, a novelist, a business executive, a blogger, or anybody else who would like to make effective use of written language.
Main title:
Editing made easy : simple rules for effective writing / Bruce Kaplan.
Author:
Edition:
Rev. and exp. U.S. ed.
Imprint:
Hinesburg, Vt. : Upper Access Book Publishers, 2012.
Collation:
112 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"A friendly, practical guide for writers, students, business executives, bloggers, Web developers and anyone else who wants to write well"--Cover.Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-109) and index.
Contents:
Partial contents: Machine generated contents note: Why learn editing? the benefits for you -- Lean and clean: what editors do -- The golden rules: for professional writing and editing -- Ruthless people: what makes a good editor? -- Be active: avoiding the passive voice -- Split personalities: beware the split infinitive -- Time for action: turning nouns into verbs -- Small and pesky: two words that slow the pace -- Nuisance value: more overused words -- Is that so? how to avoid that -- Every which way: the difference between which and that -- Short is beautiful: avoid long sentences -- Briefly speaking: a guide to shorter, simpler words -- Pronouns: how to avoid confusion -- Feeling single, seeing plural: more tricky pronouns -- Collective nouns: which verb form do I use? -- Cliches: avoid them like the plague -- The future that is to come: the tautology trap -- Stating the obvious: first cousin to the tautology -- There, there: a few little words we can do without --
ISBN:
9780942679366 (trade paper alk paper)
Dewey class:
808.027
LC class:
PN162
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
196513
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Literature | LITER 808.027 KAPL | Available |