Clear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose

Francis-Noel Thomas,Mark Turner

Clear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Published
30 May 2017
Pages
234
ISBN
9780691602998

Clear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose

Francis-Noel Thomas,Mark Turner

Everyone talks about style, but no one explains it. The authors of this book do; and in doing so, they provoke the reader to consider style, not as an elegant accessory of effective prose, but as its very heart. At a time when writing skills have virtually disappeared, what can be done? If only people learned the principles of verbal correctness,

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