This guide offers an A-to-Z listing of troublesome and confusing words, helping writers choose the right terms and avoid common mistakes. It includes clear examples and explanations for optimal usage, alongside discussions on maximizing word effectiveness. Enhanced with humorous illustrations and clever wordplay, this compact reference serves as an essential tool for anyone looking to improve their writing skills and navigate linguistic challenges with confidence.
The newest edition of Jan Venolia's best-selling guide, Write Right! is an essential resource for writers with 500,000+ copies sold since publication. In this age of electronic correspondence and self-produced documents, we need a useful and reliable writing guide more than ever. Write Right! covers the essentials of good writing in a concise and easy-to-follow format. The new edition of this classic handbook takes you through the entire writing process, from understanding the parts of speech to constructing a correct sentence to fine-tuning the mechanics. And with clever drawings and amusing quotations to illustrate its points, Write Right! shows that language can be fun as well as an effective communication tool. Whether it's used to find a quick answer to a nagging question or to develop stronger writing skills, this handy reference is the ideal resource for writers of all levels.Includes a resource section with a list of helpful websites and a glossary to quickly define difficult terms.
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A Desktop Digest of Punctuation, Grammar, and Style - Third Edition
In this age of electronic correspondence and self-produced documents, we need a useful and reliable writing guide more than ever. WRITE RIGHT! covers the essentials of good writing in a concise and easy-to-follow format. The new edition of this classic handbook takes you through the entire writing process, from understanding the parts of speech to constructing a correct sentence to fine-tuning the mechanics. And with clever drawings and amusing quotations to illustrate its points, WRITE RIGHT! shows that language can be fun as well as an effective communication tool. Whether it'¬?s used to find a quick answer to a nagging question or to develop stronger writing skills, this handy reference is the ideal resource for writers of all levels.Ä¢ Previous editions have sold over 500,000 copies.Ä¢ Includes a resource section with a list of helpful websites and a glossary to quickly define difficult terms.