Writing with Style
The Economist Guide
Published on 15. June 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-80081-006-8 (ISBN)
Description
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Why are the best words short and old? Why are full stops a writer's best friend? How can we simplify, then exaggerate? And what exactly are dangling modifiers?
We'd all like to write with style.
But what does that mean, and what can we learn from The Economist, a publication well known for its clarity and flair?
Welcome to Writing with Style, an elegant survey of the principles available for writing better prose. By adopting some tried and tested tools and techniques, you too can learn how to inform, persuade and entertain when you write.
Whether you want to know your singulars from your subjunctives, how colons add drama or why the word "comprise" is contaminated, this is the style guide for you.
Why are the best words short and old? Why are full stops a writer's best friend? How can we simplify, then exaggerate? And what exactly are dangling modifiers?
We'd all like to write with style.
But what does that mean, and what can we learn from The Economist, a publication well known for its clarity and flair?
Welcome to Writing with Style, an elegant survey of the principles available for writing better prose. By adopting some tried and tested tools and techniques, you too can learn how to inform, persuade and entertain when you write.
Whether you want to know your singulars from your subjunctives, how colons add drama or why the word "comprise" is contaminated, this is the style guide for you.
Reviews / Votes
Open-minded and discerning ... [Greene is] hard to argue with -- Daniel Hahn * Spectator * Enjoyable, informative and persuasive * Irish Times * A lovely book. I vigorously recommend it as an alternative to Strunk and White's The Elements of Style * New York Times * Praise for Lane Greene: 'One of my favourite writers on language -- Steven Pinker Greene argues perceptively and passionately * Publishers Weekly * An insightful, accessible examination of the way in which day-to-day speech is tangled in a complicated web of history, politics, race, economics and power * Kirkus Reviews *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
194 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80081-006-8 (9781800810068)
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Person
Lane Greene is a language columnist and correspondent at The Economist. Past assignments have included culture, European business, law, energy, the environment, and American politics. He is also the author of Talk on the Wild Side and You Are What You Speak. He is based in Madrid.