Revising Prose

Richard A Lanham

• 27 september 2006
• 9780321441690

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Intended as a supplement for courses that requires writing. This book models a system for creating prose. It argues that the bad writing results from our attempts to imitate Official Style. It shows how to "translate" official style into plain, understandable English through the application of a series of simple rules.

This remarkable little book, intended as a supplement for any course that requires writing, models a clear, step-by-step system for creating straight-forward, concise, intelligible and readable prose.