How to Write Clearly; Rules and Exercises on English Composition
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By Edwin Abbott Abbott
30 Oct, 2018
Almost every English boy can be taught to write clearly, so far at least as clearness depends upon the arrangement of words. Force, elegance, and variety of style are more difficult to teach, and far more difficult to learn; but clear writing can be
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Almost every English boy can be taught to write clearly, so far at least as clearness depends upon the arrangement of words. Force, elegance, and variety of style are more difficult to teach, and far more difficult to learn; but clear writing can be reduced to rules.
"Mr. Abbott's little book is one of the best manuals ever published; helpful to teachers as well as pupils, and a 'miracle' of condensation. There should be at least one copy of it in every family's library." -Christian Register
"The careful study of this little book will prove helpful even to practiced writers, who, notwithstanding that they know better, are liable to acquire bad habits, that are continued until they are pointedly reminded of their carelessness." -Advertiser Less
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- 152
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- 2011-08-18
- English
- 978-1986954709
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