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Sin and syntax : how to craft wickedly effective prose / Constance Hale ; foreword by Karen Elizabeth Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hale, Constance.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Rhetoric.
- English language.
- Creative writing.
- Report writing.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 285 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Broadway Books, [1999]
- Summary:
- Sin and Syntax covers grammar's ground rules while revealing countless unconventional syntax secrets (such as when to use -- gasp! -- interjections or how to use slang and rhythm to your favor) that make for sinfully good writing. Featuring innovative variations on conventional sentence structure, Sin and Syntax is chock full of invigorating examples, Shakespearean soliloquies to Apple's "Think Different" campaign.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0767903080
- OCLC:
- 40675137
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