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020			_a9781869408312
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035			_a(OCoLC)905852322
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100	1		_aSword, Helen, _eauthor. _91093385
245	1	4	_aThe writer's diet / _cHelen Sword.
264		1	_aAuckland, New Zealand : _bAuckland University Press, _c2015.
264		4	_c©2007
300			_avii, 77 pages : _bcolour illustrations ; _c19 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aPrevious edition published: North Shore, New Zealand : Pearson Education New Zealand, 2007.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tIntroduction: A Writer's Diet -- _g1. _tVerbal Verve -- _g2. _tNoun Density -- _g3. _tPrepositional Podge -- _g4. _tAd-dictions -- _g5. _tWaste Words -- _tAfterword: Healthy Writing -- _gAppendix: The Writer'sDiet Test.
520			_a"Helen Sword teaches writers of all kinds - students to teachers, lawyers to librarians - how to transform flabby sentences into active, energetic prose. The book and the website enable writers to diagnose their writing for flab - passives and prepositions, weak verbs and waste words - and energise their work by stripping away unnecessary padding"--Publisher information.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xRhetoric _9317397
650		0	_aEnglish language _xWritten English. _9326919
650		0	_aEnglish language _xStyle. _9317412
650		0	_aEnglish language _xStyle _vProblems, exercises, etc. _9587276
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