Writing with Style by Lane Greene

Writing with Style by Lane Greene

OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD Why are the best words short and old? Why are full stops a writer's best friend? How can we simplify, then exaggerate? And what exactly are dangling modifiers? We'd all like to write with style. But what does that mean, and what can we learn from The Economist, a publication well known for its clarity and flair? Welcome to Writing with Style, an elegant survey of the principles available for writing better prose. By adopting some tried and tested tools and techniques, you too can learn how to inform, persuade and entertain when you write. Whether you want to know your singulars from your subjunctives, how colons add drama or why the word "comprise" is contaminated, this is the style guide for you.

Praise for Lane Greene: 'One of my favourite writers on language -- Steven Pinker
Open-minded and discerning.. [Greene is] hard to argue with -- Daniel Hahn * Spectator *
Enjoyable, informative and persuasive * Irish Times *

Lane Greene is a language columnist and correspondent at The Economist. Past assignments have included culture, European business, law, energy, the environment, and American politics. He is also the author of Talk on the Wild Side and You Are What You Speak. In 2017, he won the journalism award from the Linguistic Society of America. He is based in Madrid.

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Title	Writing with Style
Author	Lane Greene
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Profile Books Ltd
Year published	2023-06-15
Number of pages	240
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