Economical writing / Deirdre N. McCloskey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCloskey, Deirdre N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Problems, exercises, etc.

English language.

English language--Rhetoric.

Economics--Authorship.

Economics.

Economics--Authorship--Problems, exercises, etc.

Academic writing--Problems, exercises, etc.

Academic writing.

Genre:

Problems and exercises.

Physical Description:

x, 98 pages ; 18 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press, [2000]

Contents:

Writing is the economist's trade

Writing is thinking

Rules can help, but bad rules hurt

Be thou clear; but for Lord's sake have fun, too

The rules are factual rather than logical

Classical rhetoric guides even the economical writer

Fluency can be achieved by grit

Write early rather than late

You will need tools

Keep your spirits up, forge ahead

Speak to an audience of human beings

Avoid boiler plate

Control your tone

Paragraphs should have points

Make tables, graphs, and displayed equations readable

Footnotes are nests for pedants

Make your writing cohere

Use your ear

Write in complete sentences

Avoid elegant variation

Watch how each word connects with others

Watch punctuation

The order around switch until it good sounds

Read, out loud

Use verbs, active ones

Avoid words that bad writers love

Be concrete

Be plain

Avoid cheap typographical tricks

Avoid this, that, these, those

Above all, look at your words.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-94) and index.

ISBN:

1577660633

9781577660637

OCLC:

43262679