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Writers' Mistakes

A Handbook of Common Blunders and Ways to Mend Them

Franklin B. Olmsted

Writers want readers to understand what they’re writing. Too often our writings can leave readers baffled or misled as to what we want them to know. Writers’ Mistakes: A Handbook of Common Blunders and Ways to Mend Them is a comprehensive guide that shows how confusing examples from literature, newspapers, and other writings could be made easier to understand. It offers hints on how to avoid words, phrases, usages, and common mistakes that obscure intended meanings. It shows how to keep from distracting or annoying readers with what they see as grammatical lapses. This book teaches what to weed out so that our writings cannot be misunderstood.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 272 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-4758-6820-3 • Hardback • August 2024 • $120.00 • (£92.00)
978-1-4758-6821-0 • Paperback • August 2024 • $47.00 • (£36.00)
978-1-4758-6822-7 • eBook • July 2024 • $44.50 • (£35.00)
Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Writing / General, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics

Franklin Olmsted, a successful criminal defense attorney, served on Maryland’s Commission to Revise the Annotated Code for many years and was instrumental in modernizing and making the statutes more understandable. The vast majority of the Commission’s recommendations were voted into law and Mr. Olmsted, for his expert editorial review work, was named an “Admiral of the Chesapeake Bay” by Governor Harry Hughes.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Ill Chosen Words

Chapter 2: Needless Words

Chapter 3: Awkward Sentences

Chapter 4: Problematic Paragraphs

Chapter 5: Common Grammatical Mistakes

The Last Word

Appendix

Glossary

Bibliography

About the Author

Endnotes

Writers' Mistakes

A Handbook of Common Blunders and Ways to Mend Them

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Writers want readers to understand what they’re writing. Too often our writings can leave readers baffled or misled as to what we want them to know. Writers’ Mistakes: A Handbook of Common Blunders and Ways to Mend Them is a comprehensive guide that shows how confusing examples from literature, newspapers, and other writings could be made easier to understand. It offers hints on how to avoid words, phrases, usages, and common mistakes that obscure intended meanings. It shows how to keep from distracting or annoying readers with what they see as grammatical lapses. This book teaches what to weed out so that our writings cannot be misunderstood.

Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 272 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
    978-1-4758-6820-3 • Hardback • August 2024 • $120.00 • (£92.00)
    978-1-4758-6821-0 • Paperback • August 2024 • $47.00 • (£36.00)
    978-1-4758-6822-7 • eBook • July 2024 • $44.50 • (£35.00)
    Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Writing / General, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics
Author
Author
  • Franklin Olmsted, a successful criminal defense attorney, served on Maryland’s Commission to Revise the Annotated Code for many years and was instrumental in modernizing and making the statutes more understandable. The vast majority of the Commission’s recommendations were voted into law and Mr. Olmsted, for his expert editorial review work, was named an “Admiral of the Chesapeake Bay” by Governor Harry Hughes.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    Chapter 1: Ill Chosen Words

    Chapter 2: Needless Words

    Chapter 3: Awkward Sentences

    Chapter 4: Problematic Paragraphs

    Chapter 5: Common Grammatical Mistakes

    The Last Word

    Appendix

    Glossary

    Bibliography

    About the Author

    Endnotes

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