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Автор: Dreyer, Benjamin
Название: Dreyer`s english: an utterly correct guide to clarity and style
ISBN: 9781529124279
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
Классификация:

Руководства по написанию и редактированию текстов

Грамматика и словарь

ISBN-10: 1529124271
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 304
Вес: 0.44 кг.
Дата издания: 30.05.2019
Размер: 223 x 144 x 27
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: The uk edition
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: _______________________An utterly delightful book to read, Dreyers English will stand among the classics on how to use the English language properly. ELIZABETH STROUTA complete joy. Wise, funny, no-nonsense, stylish and brilliantly practical. RACHEL JOYCE_______________________An indispensable, New York Times-bestselling guide to the craft of writing from Random Houses long-time copy chief and one of Twitters leading language gurus. We all write, all the time: books, blogs, tweets, emails, emails, emails - and we all want to write better.

Benjamin Dreyer is here to help. As Random Houses copy chief, Dreyer has upheld the standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He is beloved by authors and editors alike - not to mention his followers on social media - for playfully, brilliantly deconstructing the English language.

Dreyers English is the distillation of everything he has learned from copyediting thousands of books, the perfect guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best prose foot forward. Both authoritative and amusing, Dreyers English offers lessons on punctuation, from the underloved semicolon to the enigmatic en-dash; the rules and non-rules of grammar, including why its OK to begin a sentence with And or But and to confidently split an infinitive; and why its best to avoid the doldrums of the Wan Intensifiers and Throat Clearers, including very, rather, of course, and the dreaded actually. And yes: Only godless savages eschew the Oxford comma.Stuffed with advice, insider wisdom, and fun facts, this book will prove to be invaluable to everyone who wants to shore up their writing skills, mandatory for people who spend their time editing and shaping other peoples prose, and - perhaps best of all - an utter treat for anyone who simply revels in language.

_______________________This book is written in British English. _______________________The best stocking filler/universal pleaser is the wonderful Dreyers English. NIGELLA LAWSON, SUNDAY TIMESBenjamin Dreyers brilliant, pithy, incandescently intelligent book is to contemporary writing what Geoffrey Chaucers poetry was to medieval English JON MEACHAMA fascinating guide to grammatical rights and wrongs - practical and useful SEBASTIAN FAULKS, SUNDAY TIMESWitty and piquant [...] full of jokes - and equally full of deliciously deprecating footnotes. JEWISH CHRONICLEDestined to become a classic. THE MILLIONSA mind-blower--sure to jumpstart any writing project, just by exposing you, the writer, to Dreyers astonishing level of sentence-awareness. GEORGE SAUNDERS, author of Lincoln in the BardoBenjamin Dreyer is wise and bitterly experienced and fantastically good company TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTIt is Benjamin Dreyers intense love for the English language and his passion for the subject that make the experience of reading Dreyers English such a pleasure AYELET WALDMAN & MICHAEL CHABONAn informative and entertaining handbook on how to write clearer English. Its pithy, witty and a near perfect example of the kind of writing it advocates STING (yes, Sting from The Police)This work is that rare writing handbook that writers might actually want to read straight through, rather than simply consult. PUBLISHERS WEEKLYAs witty and pragmatic a stylebook as Ive read: wan and wise. SAM LEITH, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Books of the Year

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