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9780812236736

Plain Style

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  • ISBN13:

    9780812236736

  • ISBN10:

    0812236734

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-06-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Summary

"The late Lasch, college history professor and the author of The Culture of Narcissism (1979), among other seminal works, so despaired of his graduate students' writing that he began to compile a list of common compositional errors. This list soon evolved into a full-fledged writing guide. . . . Lasch's wry, distinctive voice is evident throughout."--Joanne Wilkinson, Booklist

Table of Contents

Introduction: Christopher Lasch and the Politics of the Plain Style 1(42)
Stewart Weaver
A Note on the Text 43(2)
Elementary Principles of Literary Construction
45(10)
Conventions Governing Punctuation, Capitalization, Typography, and Footnotes
55(20)
Characteristics of Bad Writing
75(18)
Words Often Misused
93(20)
Words Often Mispronounced
113(4)
Proofreaders' Marks
117(2)
Index 119

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