The Suspended Sentence: A Guide for Writers
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Book Overview
This book is a cross between a manual and a textbook that is uncommonly fun to read. Learning to write well is a lifelong process, and Born speaks to writers of all levels in a language that is at one sophisticated and simple, teaching by example, making it look easy.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0684186721
ISBN13:9780684186726
Release Date:January 1986
Publisher:Scribner Book Company
Length:214 Pages
Weight:0.78 lbs.
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Superb
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Born's book is a treasure, beautifully written and lucidly expounded. Each chapter deals with a differentfault, amusingly related: "The Suspended Sentence,"which rails against those sentences which the author,as Born puts it, slices open in order to shovel in extraneous facts; "The That/Which Matter"--and it does matter,Born adds immediately, saying that correct usage in thiscase can make the difference between relaxing afterwork and getting your stomach pumped. Another chaptercontains the most beautiful explanation of the differencebetween "who" and "whom" that I've ever seen. And so on. The book is filled with examples, accompanied by lucid commentary, and though Born is a journalistand all his examples come from newspapers, the adviceis sound and applicable to all writing.
Essential to any journalist's reference collection!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Whether you're a novice or an expert, Born's book will teach you how to write better. After applying his useful tips to my own writing, the next article I submitted became the lead news story. (It made the FRONT PAGE!)
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