Your own words /
Barbara Wallraff.
- ix, 278 pages ; 22 cm
Includes index.
Ch. 1. My own words -- Ch. 2. Secrets dictionaries know -- Ch. 3. Getting the answers you want -- Ch. 4. The infinite resource -- Ch. 5. The kind of style you can buy -- Ch. 6. Read the manual -- Ch. 7. Special-purpose tools -- Ch. 8. Do it yourself -- Ch. 9. Your own words -- -- My own words -- Secrets dictionaries know -- Getting the answers you want -- The infinite resource -- The kind of style you can buy -- Read the manual -- Special-purpose tools -- Do it yourself -- Your own words. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9.
"On one level, Your Own Words is about dictionaries, stylebooks, usage manuals, visual dictionaries, thesauri, writing guides, and the Internet: the strengths and weaknesses of these and other language-reference sources, where the sources disagree, and the ways in which even educated people misunderstand them. On a deeper level, however, Your Own Words is about how to make good form your own. While it evaluates the often contradictory advice that reference sources give, it encourages you to reach your own conclusions and develop a style that expresses you at your best." "Illuminated throughout with anecdotes and selections from the Word Court columns, Your Own Words accomplishes what very few books on usage even attempt: it shows everyone with an interest in words - amateur, professional, student, or graduate - how to think about what goes into good style."--Jacket. "On one level, Your Own Words is about dictionaries, stylebooks, usage manuals, visual dictionaries, thesauri, writing guides, and the Internet: the strengths and weaknesses of these and other language-reference sources, where the sources disagree, and the ways in which even educated people misunderstand them. On a deeper level, however, Your Own Words is about how to make good form your own. While it evaluates the often contradictory advice that reference sources give, it encourages you to reach your own conclusions and develop a style that expresses you at your best." "Illuminated throughout with anecdotes and selections from the Word Court columns, Your Own Words accomplishes what very few books on usage even attempt: it shows everyone with an interest in words - amateur, professional, student, or graduate - how to think about what goes into good style."--BOOK JACKET.
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