Clear and Simple as the Truth : : Writing Classic Prose - Second Edition / / Mark Turner, Francis-Noël Thomas.
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 sty...
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