Clear and Simple as the Truth
Writing Classic Prose - Second Edition
Francis-Noël Thomas, Mark Turner
ISBN: | 9781400838547 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
Published: | 28 February, 2011 |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Clear and Simple as the Truth
Writing Classic Prose - Second Edition
Francis-Noël Thomas, Mark Turner
For more than a decade, Clear and Simple as the Truth has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart. Francis-Noël Thomas and Mark Turner present writing as an intellectual activity, not a passive application of verbal skills. In classic style, the motive is truth, the purpose is presentation, the reader and writer are intellectual equals, and the occasion is informal. This general style of presentation is at home everywhere, from busine
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