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A compilation of overused words and phrases, with practical and intriguing alternatives to them.
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"Fiske shows how to make the turgid crisp."" --"William Safire, "New York Times"
"Fiske shows how to make the turgid crisp."" "William Safire, "New York Times""
"Readers will cheer his trouncing of cliche, redundancy, and windy generality." --Dallas Morning News
"If you want to create fat-free sentences and paragraphs, you will pay heed to Robert Hartwell Fiske's advice." --Richard Lederer, author, Anguished English
"Robert Hartwell Fiske adheres admirably to rules that are practical, that facilitate understanding through logic and lucidity, or even just by a sense of decorum that makes speech more communicative and writing more elegant." --John Simon, New York Magazine
"Fiske shows how to make the turgid crisp." --William Safire, New York Times
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This compilation of thousands of overused words and phrases, and alternatives to them, is the ultimate tool for the writer who seeks to weed out common, tired, language and replace it with crisp, concise writing. Humorous examples of bad language make for great browsing, while readers can also look up specific cliches and find fresh options.
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