Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and GraceStyle: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace, 6/e, presents principles of writing to help students diagnose their prose quickly and revise it effectively. Divided into four sections Style as Choice, Clarity, Grace, and new to this edition, Ethics the text features new principles of effective prose, chapter summaries for quick and easy review, and group exercises that encourage students to work and learn together. Williams empowers students to use their writing not only as a tool to identify and solve problems, but also as a method to explore their own thinking. |
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... underlined subjects in ( 2c ) below . The subjects ( underlined ) and the main characters ( italicized ) do not come together : subject main character ' 2c . Once upon a time , as a walk through the woods , was taking place on the part ...
... underlined subjects in ( 2c ) below . The subjects ( underlined ) and the main characters ( italicized ) do not come together : subject main character ' 2c . Once upon a time , as a walk through the woods , was taking place on the part ...
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... underline the first five or six words of every CLAUSE . 2. Analysis : a . Read what you have underlined to be certain that it con- sists of a series of related topics . b . Even if you do see connections among those topics , think hard ...
... underline the first five or six words of every CLAUSE . 2. Analysis : a . Read what you have underlined to be certain that it con- sists of a series of related topics . b . Even if you do see connections among those topics , think hard ...
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... underlined topics . Then read it ( I double underline topics of main clauses , single underline topics of subordinate clauses ) : Since the discovery that one factor in Alzheimer's disease might be ge- netic , great strides in its early ...
... underlined topics . Then read it ( I double underline topics of main clauses , single underline topics of subordinate clauses ) : Since the discovery that one factor in Alzheimer's disease might be ge- netic , great strides in its early ...
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