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03100aam a22004334i 4500 001 037F37ECB0D211E8923D894D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180905010705 008 171207t20182018nyu bf 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017052670 020 $a 1615194622 020 $a 9781615194629 035 $a (OCoLC)1002115267 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d TOH $d OCLCF $d ON8 $d SGB $d CLE $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PE1408 $b .L4113 2018 082 00 $a 808/.042 $2 23 100 1 $a Leith, Sam, $e author. 245 10 $a Write to the point : $b a master class on the fundamentals of writing for any purpose / $c Sam Leith. 246 30 $a Master class on the fundamentals of writing for any purpose 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b The Experiment, LLC, $c [2018] 300 $a 263 pages ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Surviving the language wars -- The big picture -- Nuts and bolts -- Widgets -- Sentence surgery : the writer as editor -- Bells and whistles : bringing things to life -- Perils and pitfalls -- Out into the world -- Appendix : Forms of address. 520 $a Good writers follow the rules. Great writers know the rules -- and follow their instincts! Finding the right words, in the right order, matters -- whether you're a student embarking on an essay, a job applicant drafting your cover letter, an employee composing an email . . . even a (hopeful) lover writing a text. Do it wrong and you just might get an F, miss the interview, lose a client, or spoil your chance at a second date. Do it right, and the world is yours. In Write to the Point, accomplished author and literary critic Sam Leith kicks the age-old lists of dos and don'ts to the curb. Yes, he covers the nuts and bolts we need to be in complete command of the language: grammar, punctuation, parts of speech, and other subjects half-remembered from grade school. But more importantly, he charts a commonsense course between the "Armies of Correctness" and the "Descriptivist Irregulars." For Leith, knowing not just the rules but also how and when to ignore them -- developing an ear for what works best in context -- is everything. In this master class, Leith teaches us a skill of paramount importance in this smartphone age, when we all carry a keyboard in our pockets: to write clearly and persuasively for any purpose -- to write to the point. - Publisher. 650 0 $a English language $x Rhetoric $v Handbooks, manuals, etc. 650 0 $a Rhetoric $v Handbooks, manuals, etc. 650 0 $a English language $x Style $v Handbooks, manuals, etc. 650 0 $a English language $x Errors in usage $v Handbooks, manuals, etc. 650 0 $a Composition (Language arts) 941 $a 6 952 $l USUX851 $d 20201103015525.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20190416011330.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20190129010636.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107052211.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006121601.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20180905014732.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=037F37ECB0D211E8923D894D97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search