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To the Point: A Dictionary of Concise Writing
To the Point A Dictionary of Concise Writing Author:Robert Hartwell Fiske The essential guide to writing succinctly.Who doesn?t hate wading through wordy paragraphs? Unfortunately, many writers don?t realize when they are padding their sentences and obscuring their meaning. Enter To the Point, the perfect reference book for anyone who wants to communicate more effectively through clear and beautiful prose. In this fre... more »shly updated edition that features hundreds of new entries, language expert Robert Hartwell Fiske lays out multiple lines of attack against verbiage. He starts by training writers, new or experienced, to tackle wordy trends in their work. His ?Dictionary of Concise Writing? helps them identify and correct?or delete?thousands of specific redundant phrases. In addition, writers can turn to the new ?Guide to Obfuscation: A Reverse Dictionary? to build a more pithy vocabulary. Filled with real-world examples that provide clarity and context for Fiske?s rules of concision, this is a writer?s sharpest weapon against verbosity.« less