Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own WritingThe essential guide for all writers. With over 700 examples of original and edited sentences, this book provides information about editing techniques, grammar, and usage for every writer from the student to the published author. |
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User Review - wrmjr66 - LibraryThingA thorough introduction to editing your writing or the writing of others. The book has numerous illustrations--some of them quite funny--to show typical errors and how to correct such errors. The book ... Read full review
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User Review - TromboneAl - LibraryThingHeavy duty grammar. It is definitely hard work to read this, but worth it. Read full review
Contents
Chapter | 1 |
Faulty Connections | 18 |
Illmatched Partners | 54 |
Chapter 4 | 64 |
Chapter 5 | 108 |
Afterword | 137 |
Appendix | 161 |
Selected Bibliography | 207 |
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Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing Claire Kehrwald Cook,Modern Language Association of America No preview available - 1985 |
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| Title | Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing Copublished with Houghton Mifflin |
| Authors | Claire Kehrwald Cook, Modern Language Association of America |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1985 |
| ISBN | 0395393914, 9780395393918 |
| Length | 219 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Editing & Proofreading Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar & Punctuation Language Arts & Disciplines / Writing / Composition Reference / Personal & Practical Guides Reference / Writing Skills Self-Help / General |
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