Better Themes: A College Textbook of Writing and Re-writingHarcourt, Brace, 1936 - 416 pages |
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... clear speech is dif- ferent from the kind of skill demanded for clear writing . " He could write that last sentence , but in writing it , he would be guilty of more nonsense . Most of us are more critical of writing than we are of ...
... clear speech is dif- ferent from the kind of skill demanded for clear writing . " He could write that last sentence , but in writing it , he would be guilty of more nonsense . Most of us are more critical of writing than we are of ...
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... clear , and is every detail clear ? Have I remembered , in other words , that I am writing for an ignorant audience ? The alert student will have observed before now that everything in this chapter has been written to emphasize the ...
... clear , and is every detail clear ? Have I remembered , in other words , that I am writing for an ignorant audience ? The alert student will have observed before now that everything in this chapter has been written to emphasize the ...
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... clearly and correctly , I shan't have ac- quired a beautiful or distinguished style . A clear sentence is sometimes awkward , and a group of sentences , though be awkward and all of them clear , will not neces- sarily result in a ...
... clearly and correctly , I shan't have ac- quired a beautiful or distinguished style . A clear sentence is sometimes awkward , and a group of sentences , though be awkward and all of them clear , will not neces- sarily result in a ...
Contents
CLEARING THE GROUND | 3 |
TOPICS FOR THEMES | 14 |
WRITING THE THEME | 23 |
Copyright | |
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