Williams is Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Chicago, where he co-directs its Institute on Critical Thinking and Higher Order Reasoning. He received his Ph.D. in English and linguistics from the University of Wisconsin.
Williams is a Fitzhenry and Whiteside author.
Joseph Bizup (Ph.D., Indiana University) is an Associate Professor of English and Director of the College of Arts & Sciences Writing Program at Boston University. He previously taught and directed writing programs at Yale University and Columbia University in the City of New York. His scholarly interests include nineteenth-century literature, especially nonfiction prose, and writing studies, especially genre, style, and argumentation.
Williams’ own clear, accessible style models the kind of writing that audiences–both in college and after–will admire. The principles offered here help writers understand what readers expect and encourage writers to revise to meet those expectations more effectively. This book is all you need to understand the principles of effective writing.
1. Don’t begin sentences with and or but. If you want to begin a sentence with a clause expressing familiar information about causation, introduce the clause with since, because since implies that the reader already knows what is in the clause: 2. Use the ...
評分Writing is a difficult task (to say nothing of writing with a second language), no one is in more need of guidance and help than a writer who doesn’t know how to put her thoughts into words in a captivating and convincing way. “Style toward Clarity and Gr...
評分Writing is a difficult task (to say nothing of writing with a second language), no one is in more need of guidance and help than a writer who doesn’t know how to put her thoughts into words in a captivating and convincing way. “Style toward Clarity and Gr...
評分本人MTI專業研一學生,開學初筆譯課老師推薦瞭好幾本講簡明英語寫作的書,當時很是睏惑,讀罷此書豁然開朗,對翻譯也大有啓發,聊以記之—— 翻譯也該“以人為本” ——閱讀Style--Lessons in Clarity and Grace有感 細細讀完整本書,作者開始講到如何寫得簡潔易懂,再講到如何...
評分作nlp(natural language processing)的師兄推薦的。在被老闆屢次complain writing以後,本來打算當床上讀物瀏覽一遍,一翻之下,驚為天人啊! 本書我正在讀,不敢妄評,然而剛讀到clarity已覺受益匪淺。目前的 感受:專業,實用。 (1) 專業 看preface感謝部分提到chomsky,...
這簡直神書。。人生必讀。
评分這簡直神書。。人生必讀。
评分這簡直神書。。人生必讀。
评分A book that teaches what is good writing and how to write in style.
评分這簡直神書。。人生必讀。
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