Economical writing : thirty-five rules for clear and persuasive prose /: thirty-five rules for clear and persuasive prose. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Deirdre Nansen McCloskey ; with an appendix by Stephen T. Ziliak.
• Authors: McCloskey, Deirdre N
• Other Names: Ziliak, Stephen Thomas, 1963-
• Contents: <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-v' class='sequence-1'>Contents <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-vii' class='sequence-2'>Preface <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-1' class='sequence-3'>Why You Should Not Stop Reading Here <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-3' class='sequence-4'>1. Writing Is a Trade <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-6' class='sequence-5'>2. Writing Is Thinking <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-9' class='sequence-6'>3. Rules Can Help, but Bad Rules Hurt <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-15' class='sequence-7'>4. Be Thou Clear, but Seek Joy, Too <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-19' class='sequence-8'>5. The Rules Are Factual Rather Than Logical <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-22' class='sequence-9'>6. Classical Rhetoric Guides Even the Economical Writer <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-24' class='sequence-10'>7. Fluency Can Be Achieved by Grit <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-26' class='sequence-11'>8. Write Early Rather Than Late <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-30' class='sequence-12'>9. You Will Need Tools <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-35' class='sequence-13'>10. Keep Your Spirits Up, Forge Ahead <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-39' class='sequence-14'>11. Speak to an Audience of Human Beings <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-41' class='sequence-15'>12. Avoid Boilerplate <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-46' class='sequence-16'>13. Control Your Tone <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-52' class='sequence-17'>14. A Paragraph Should Have a Point <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-55' class='sequence-18'>15. Make Tables, Graphs, Displayed Equations, and Labels on Images Readable by Themselves <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-58' class='sequence-19'>16. Footnotes and Other "Scholarly" Tics Are Pedantic <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-60' class='sequence-20'>17. Make Your Writing Cohere <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-63' class='sequence-21'>18. Use Your Ear <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-65' class='sequence-22'>19. Write in Complete Sentences <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-66' class='sequence-23'>20. Avoid Elegant Variation <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-69' class='sequence-24'>21. Watch How Each Word Connects with Others <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-73' class='sequence-25'>22. Watch Punctuation <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-78' class='sequence-26'>23. The Order Around Switch Until It Good Sounds <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-81' class='sequence-27'>24. Read, Out Loud <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-83' class='sequence-28'>25. Use Verbs, Active Ones <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-86' class='sequence-29'>26. Avoid Words That Bad Writers Love <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-92' class='sequence-30'>27. Be Concrete <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-94' class='sequence-31'>28. Be Plain <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-98' class='sequence-32'>29. Avoid Cheap Typographical Tricks <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-101' class='sequence-33'>30. Avoid This, That, These, Those <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-104' class='sequence-34'>31. Above All, Look at Your Words <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-108' class='sequence-35'>32. Use Standard Forms in Letters <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-111' class='sequence-36'>33. Treat Speaking in Public as a Performance <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-114' class='sequence-37'>34. Advice for Nonnative English Speakers <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-117' class='sequence-38'>35. If You Didn't Stop Reading, Join the Flow <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-119' class='sequence-39'>"Scholars Talk Writing: Deirdre McCloskey, " Interview by Rachel Toor from the Chronicle of Higher Education <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-127' class='sequence-40'>House Rules: Teaching Materials <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-135' class='sequence-41'>Appendix: Applying Economical Writing to Become Your Own Best Editor, by Stephen T. Ziliak <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-141' class='sequence-42'>References <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-145' class='sequence-43'>Index <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-153' class='sequence-44'>Books by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey.
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (176 pages)
• Subjects: 808.06/633; Economics -- Authorship; English language -- Composition and exercises; Academic writing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226448107
• Related ISBNs: 9780226448077
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