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Writers' Mistakes

A Handbook of Common Blunders and Ways to Mend Them

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Writers' Mistakes

A Handbook of Common Blunders and Ways to Mend Them

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Writers want readers to understand what they’re writing. Too often our writings can leave readers baffled or misled as to what we want them to know. Writers’ Mistakes: A Handbook of Common Blunders and Ways to Mend Them is a comprehensive guide that shows how confusing examples from literature, newspapers, and other writings could be made easier to understand. It offers hints on how to avoid words, phrases, usages, and common mistakes that obscure intended meanings. It shows how to keep from distracting or annoying readers with what they see as grammatical lapses. This book teaches what to weed out so that our writings cannot be misunderstood.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Ill Chosen Words
Chapter 2: Needless Words
Chapter 3: Awkward Sentences
Chapter 4: Problematic Paragraphs
Chapter 5: Common Grammatical Mistakes
The Last Word
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author
Endnotes

Product details

Published Aug 01 2024
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 272
ISBN 9781475868203
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Illustrations 19 Tables
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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