Words on Paper: A Manual of Prose Style for Professional Writers, Reporters, Authors, Editors, Publishers, and Teachers |
Contents
Modifiers Gone Mad | 21 |
Verbs and Their Vagaries | 31 |
As You Like It | 41 |
Copyright | |
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acceptable adjective adverb Ambrose Bierce American antidisestablishmentarianism apostrophe appears applied appositive avoid better British preference called cited clause cliché clumsy colloquial comma confused considered construction correct course critics Dictionary distinction editor element ellipsis English euphemism example expression fact favor figures Fowler gerund grammar H. L. Mencken hyphen idea idiom infinitive instances journalese language matter means misuse modifiers newspaper newswriting nonrestrictive noun object objectionable officer omitted Oxford English Dictionary participle past tense perhaps person phrasal verbs phrases plural practice preference in spelling preposition pronoun prose purists question quotation marks reader reason Redundant Renata Tebaldi reported Rudolf Flesch rule seems sense sentence simply skid skid road skid row sometimes sound speak speaker split infinitive story style manuals stylebook superstition synonym technical term thing tion usage usually variant verb Webster wife woman word writer wrong