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I Nine Ways to Improve Your Writing When You're Not Writing |
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1 Get Some Reference Books |
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9 Choose a Time and Place |
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II Nine Ways to Overcome Writer's Block |
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3 Talk About What You're Writing |
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9 Ask Yourself Why You Are Writing |
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III Five Ways to Write a Strong Beginning |
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29 | (1) |
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3 Don't Make Promises You Can't Keep |
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4 Set a Tone and Maintain It |
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IV Nine Ways to Save Time and Energy |
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1 Use Pyramid Construction |
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42 | (2) |
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4 Use Transitional Phrases |
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5 Don't Explain When You Don't Have To |
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9 Stop Writing When You Get to the End |
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V Ten Ways to Develop Style |
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2 Listen to What You Write |
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5 Vary Sentence Construction |
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6 Write Complete Sentences |
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8 Keep Related Words Together |
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9 Use Parallel Construction |
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10 Don't Force a Personal Style |
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VI Twelve Ways to Give Your Words Power |
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7 Use the Active Voice ... Most of the Time |
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8 Say Things in a Positive Way ... Most of the Time |
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12 Put Emphatic Words at the End |
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VII Eleven Ways to Make People Like What You Write |
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8 Provide Useful Information |
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VIII Ten Ways to Avoid Grammatical Errors |
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1 Respect the Rules of Grammar |
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3 Know How to Use the Possessive Case |
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4 Make Verbs Agree with Their Subjects |
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6 Avoid Shifts in Pronoun Forms |
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7 Do Not Split Infinitives |
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8 Beware These Common Mistakes |
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9 Be Sensitive to Changes in the Language |
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10 Prefer Good Writing to Good Grammar |
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IX Six Ways to Avoid Punctuation Errors |
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1 Use Orthodox Punctuation |
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2 Know When to Use a Comma |
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3 Know When to Use a Semicolon |
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4 Know When to Use a Colon |
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5 Use Exclamation Points Only When Exclaiming and Question Marks Only When Asking Questions |
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6 Know How to Use Quotation Marks |
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X Twelve Ways to Avoid Making Your Reader Hate You |
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138 | (1) |
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5 Don't Use Transitions to Conceal Information |
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6 Don't Acknowledge When You Should Explain |
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7 Don't Hide Behind Your Words |
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10 Don't Play the Tom Wolfe Game |
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11 Don't Play the Mystery Game |
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XI Seven Ways to Edit Yourself |
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1 Read Your Work Out Loud |
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3 Think About What You Have Written |
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4 Ask Yourself These Questions |
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156 | (1) |
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5 Follow These Rules of Form for Titles |
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157 | (1) |
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6 Prepare a Perfect Manuscript |
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