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Lanham’s eight simple steps to clearer, more understandable writing will win you praise from bosses, colleagues, and clients.   Voice; Business Prose; Professional Prose; Electronic Prose;  General Interest; improving your writing.



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As its title implies, this book deals with revising, not with original composition. Stressing the importance of the single sentence, The Paramedic Method of revision provides an easily learned method of revision to combat the obscurities of meaning that plague The Official Style, and demonstrates how to revise this stilted, dense prose into plain English. This book has been used with success wherever extensive writing is required, and also at every level of higher education.

Addresses the specific stylistic patterns that characterize most bad writing and gives an eight-step revision method called The Paramedic Method to break those patterns and improve writing. Helps with writing tasks in business, government, and the university, where The Official Style is rampant, and provides an indispensable guide to revising in every writing context.

For anyone interested in revising, specifically at the sentence level. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Longman; 5 edition (July 20, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321441699
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321441690
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #146,159 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book about writing, January 9, 2003
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I first read this book in 1980 as a graduate student and it changed the way I write. I still remember the shock I felt then at learning that academic writing did not have to be tedious, wordy and stuffy. Everybody to whom I've given this book (back before it became so expensive)has also found that it radically changed their writing for the better.
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic book to improve your nonfiction prose writing, February 16, 2000
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Take a deep breath, ignore the hefty price tag, and click Add to Cart. Lanham does a fantastic job providing simple techniques that allow anyone from the the casual writer to the technical writer streamline their prose to create clearer and more powerful sentences, paragraphs, and documents. As an English major, this book was by far the most helpful book I read to improve my writing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it, read it, become a better writer, March 3, 2003
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This book teaches you to reanimate dead writing, restoring action and personality to it, one sentence at a time. Starting from analysis and reconstruction using small number of rules, progressing to the philosophical question of why you should revise prose, this book remains interesting after multiple readings. I can't speak hightly enough of it. A true eye opener.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Students go from "C"s to "A"s in a couple hours...
Using this book, I have tutored students for less than an hour, and have then watched their paper scores go from "C" grades to "A" grades over the course of a week or two. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Bruce

4.0 out of 5 stars Highly original and worthwhile
I have the second edition (1987) and it cost me all of $2 on a secondhand stall. I'm sure the current $38 pricing is from some idea of marketing it as a school textbook to be... Read more
Published 10 months ago by John Bonavia

5.0 out of 5 stars I don't read copy the same way anymore
The book explains a simple method to analyze and rewrite a sentence. The first fifty pages felt redundant, but slowly changed my view of writing. Read more
Published 21 months ago by D. Doctor

5.0 out of 5 stars Expensive, But Permanent
I have the 2nd Edition with the $8.00 price tag still stuck on it. 20 years ago, this was a required text for Technical Writing. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Craig Riecke

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good but very thin
I have the 4th edition of this book, which is about 50 pages less than the 5th edition. The first two chapters and the appendix are excellent. Read more
Published on August 25, 2006 by John C. Dunbar

5.0 out of 5 stars a blessing
In brief: this book is amazing. Lanham will teach you to write with precision and clarity; and he will help you with revising and self-expression. Read more
Published on March 3, 2005 by Quaderni

5.0 out of 5 stars Grammar CAN make you roll on the floor laughing
One of the most informative and entertaining books I've ever read. This book teaches concise writing methods. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Making the bureaucratic readable
This slim writing guide by Prof. Lanham is a must have for anyone in the writing field, the business world or the government. Read more
Published on September 7, 2001 by umd_cyberpunk

5.0 out of 5 stars Great to improve your writing
Writing is easy--you just put down the words. Editing/revising is the tough part, yet the most important. Read more
Published on May 5, 2000 by Jerry Rawson

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