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Economical writing /

1577660633

9781577660637

Economical writing /

[Book]

Deirdre N. McCloskey.

Second edition.

Prospect Heights, Illinois :

Waveland Press,

[2000]

©2000

x, 98 pages ;

18 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-94) and index.

Writing is the economist's trade -- Writing is thinking -- Rules can help, but bad rules hurt -- Be thou clear; but for Lord's sake have fun, too -- The rules are factual rather than logical -- Classical rhetoric guides even the economical writer -- Fluency can be achieved by grit -- Write early rather than late -- You will need tools -- Keep your spirits up, forge ahead -- Speak to an audience of human beings -- Avoid boiler plate -- Control your tone -- Paragraphs should have points -- Make tables, graphs, and displayed equations readable -- Footnotes are nests for pedants -- Make your writing cohere -- Use your ear -- Write in complete sentences -- Avoid elegant variation -- Watch how each word connects with others -- Watch punctuation -- The order around switch until it good sounds -- Read, out loud -- Use verbs, active ones -- Avoid words that bad writers love -- Be concrete -- Be plain -- Avoid cheap typographical tricks -- Avoid this, that, these, those -- Above all, look at your words.

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"The implied reader of my little book is a student of economics or of related fields who needs to write. The book originated in a course for graduate economics students at the University of Chicago in the 1970s." -- preface, page ix.

Kim, Yun-Hwan

Academic writing, Problems, exercises, etc.

Economics-- Authorship, Problems, exercises, etc.

English language-- Rhetoric, Problems, exercises, etc.

Anglais (Langue)-- Rhétorique, Problèmes et exercices.

Économie politique-- Art d'écrire, Problèmes et exercices.

Écriture savante, Problèmes et exercices.

Academic writing.

Economics-- Authorship.

English language-- Rhetoric.

Literaturproduktion

Wirtschaftswissenschaftler.

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McCloskey, Deirdre N.

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[Book]

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