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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The essential guide to writing succinctly.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Who doesn't hate wading through wordy paragraphs? Unfortunately, many writers don't realize when they are padding their sentences and obscuring their meaning. Enter <em>To the Point</em>, the essential guide to writing succinctly. Featuring hundreds of new entries, this freshly updated edition is complete with: <p>- A guide to the basics of writing concisely, including how to reduce the number of words in a phrase, substitute a single word for a phrase, and delete extraneous words and phrases.</p><p>- The Dictionary of Concise Writing, which gives concise alternatives to thousands of wordy phrases. Language expert Robert Hartwell Fiske uses each wordy phrase in a sentence and then rewrites or deletes the phrase entirely to show how the sentence can be improved.</p><p>- The brand new Guide to Obfuscation: A Reverse Dictionary, which helps writers build a more pithy vocabulary.</p><p> <em>To the Point</em> is the perfect reference book for anyone who wants to communicate more effectively through clear and beautiful writing.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>If you want to write lean, succinct prose, you can do no better than to consult <em>To the Point: A Dictionary of Concise Writing</em>.--Rod L. Evans, author of Tyrannosaurus Lex: The Marvelous Book of Palindromes, Anagrams, and Other Delightful and Outrageous Wordplay<br><br>At a time when we are drowning in language, Robert Hartwell Fiske has thrown us a lifeline.--Roy Peter Clark, author of How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times<br>

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