ISBN: 9780241135563 - The Economist Style Guide: The Best Selling Guide to English Usage (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The Economist Style Guide: The Best Selling Guide to English Usage (Economist Books) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 144 pages. Dj fadedRare is the style guide that a person--even a word person--would want to read cover to cover. But The Economist Style Guide, designed, as the book says, to p romote good writing, is so witty and rigorous as to be irresistible. The book co nsists of three parts. The first is the Economist's style book, which acts as a position paper of sorts in favor of clear, concise, correct usage. The big no-no es listed in the book's introduction are: Do not be stuffy. Do not be hectori ng or arrogant. Do not be too pleased with yourself. Do not be too chatty. . Do not be too didactic. [And] do not be sloppy. Before even getting to th e letter B, we are reminded that aggravate means make worse, not irritate or ann oy; that an alibi is the proven fact of being elsewhere, not a false explanation ; and that anarchy means the complete absence of law or government. It may be ha rmonious or chaotic. Part 2 of the book describes many of the spelling, grammar , and usage differences between British and American English. While many Britici sms are familiar to most Americans and vice versa, there are some words--such as homely, bomb, and table--that take on quite different meanings altogether when they cross the Atlantic. And part 3 offers a handy reference to such information as common business abbreviations, accountancy ratios, the Beaufort Scale, commo dity-trade classifications, currencies, laws, measures, and stock-market indices . The U.S. reader should be aware (but not scared off by the fact) that some of the style issues addressed are specifically British. --Jane Steinberg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 144 pages. Dj worn. Text foxed.Rare is the style guide that a person--even a word person--would want to read co ver to cover. But The Economist Style Guide, designed, as the book says, to prom ote good writing, is so witty and rigorous as to be irresistible. The book consi sts of three parts. The first is the Economist's style book, which acts as a pos ition paper of sorts in favor of clear, concise, correct usage. The big no-noes listed in the book's introduction are: Do not be stuffy. Do not be hectoring or arrogant. Do not be too pleased with yourself. Do not be too chatty. . Do not be too didactic. [And] do not be sloppy. Before even getting to the letter B, we are reminded that aggravate means make worse, not irritate or ann oy; that an alibi is the proven fact of being elsewhere, not a false explanati on; and that anarchy means the complete absence of law or government. It may b e harmonious or chaotic. mmar, and usage differences between British and American English. While many Bri ticisms are familiar to most Americans and vice versa, there are some words--suc h as homely, bomb, and table--that take on quite different meanings altogether w hen they cross the Atlantic. And part 3 offers a handy reference to such informa tion as common business abbreviations, accountancy ratios, the Beaufort Scale, c ommodity-trade classifications, currencies, laws, measures, and stock-market ind ices. The U.S. reader should be aware (but not scared off by the fact) that some of the style issues addressed are specifically British. --Jane Steinberg.…