Edit Yourself: A Manual for Everyone Who Words with Words

"A strong new entry for the reference shelf of anyone who writes to be understood—or would like to."—Pittsburgh Press

In the first part of this useful book, the author shows how to solve common problems of writing. The reader will learn how to recognize common problems of writing. The reader will learn how to recognize words and phrases that should be cut; how to shorten cumbersome sentences; how to arrange the elements of pairs, series, and compound subjects and predicates; how to recognize...