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The dictionary of concise writing : 10,000 alternatives to wordy phrases

A guide to clean, strong prose that lists thousands of common, wordy phrases that too many writers rely on, and offers concise alternatives
Print Book, English, ©2002
Marion Street Press, Oak Park, IL, ©2002
dictionaries
412 pages ; 23 cm
9780966517668, 0966517660
49922793
Part 1: Words and people
a. The perfectibility of words
Of polish and panache
Clues to concision
2. The imperfectibility of people
Wordiness everywhere
The age of shoddiness
Part 2: The dictionary of concise writing
a bigger (greater; higher; larger) degree (extent) (of)
to
written communication (correspondence)