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    612-822-4611

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Write to the Point: A Master Class on the Fundamentals of Writing for Any Purpose

Write to the Point: A Master Class on the Fundamentals of Writing for Any Purpose

Leith, Sam

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ISBN10: 1615194622
ISBN13: 9781615194629
Publisher: Experiment
Published: Aug 7 2018
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
Finding the right words, in the right order, matters--whether you're a student embarking on an essay, a job applicant drafting your cover letter, an employee composing an email . . . even a (hopeful) lover writing a text. Do it wrong and you just might get an F, miss the interview, lose a client, or spoil your chance at a second date.

Do it right, and the world is yours.

In Write to the Point, accomplished author and literary critic Sam Leith kicks the age-old lists of dos and don'ts to the curb. Yes, he covers the nuts and bolts we need to be in complete command of the language: grammar, punctuation, parts of speech, and other subjects half-remembered from grade school. But more importantly, he charts a commonsense course between the Armies of Correctness and the Descriptivist Irregulars.

For Leith, knowing not just the rules but also how and when to ignore them--developing an ear for what works best in context--is everything. In this master class, Leith teaches us a skill of paramount importance in this smartphone age, when we all carry a keyboard in our pockets: to write clearly and persuasively for any purpose--to write to the point.

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