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The Dictionary of Concise Writing: More Than 10,000 Alternatives to Wordy Phrases (Paperback)
by Robert Hartwell Fiske (Author), Richard Lederer (Foreword)
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"Two of the better usage books to come down the road."  —Zay Smith, Chicago Sun-Times, on The Dictionary of Concise Writing and The Dimwit's Dictionary


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Concise alternatives for thousands of common, wordy phrases are provided in this guide to clean, strong prose. Updated and revised with hundreds of new entries, this new edition can tidy up any writer's long-winded phraseology with such helpful replacements as "because" for "based on the fact that," "cease" for "put an end to," and "violate" for "fail to comply with."


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  • Paperback: 420 pages
  • Publisher: Marion Street Press, Inc.; Second edition edition (September 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1933338121
  • ISBN-13: 978-1933338125
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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