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OverviewWriters 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Franklin B. OlmstedPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.422kg ISBN: 9781475868210ISBN 10: 1475868219 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 August 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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 EndnotesReviewsAuthor InformationFranklin Olmsted, a successful criminal defense attorney, served on Maryland’s Commission to Revise the Annotated Code for many years and was instrumental in modernizing and making the statutes more understandable. The vast majority of the Commission’s recommendations were voted into law and Mr. Olmsted, for his expert editorial review work, was named an “Admiral of the Chesapeake Bay” by Governor Harry Hughes. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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