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Moran, Joe, 1970-
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English language -- Sentences.
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Moran, Joe, 1970-
English language -- Sentences.
Authorship.
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First you write a sentence : the elements of reading, writing ... and life / Joe Moran.
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Moran, Joe, 1970-
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2018.
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808
.02
M829f
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English language -- Sentences.
Authorship.
ISBN:
9780241978498 (hc.)
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229 p. ; 21 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index.
Summary:
"Advanced maths has no practical use, and is understood by few. A symphony can be widely appreciated, but created only by a genius. Good writing, however, can be written (and read) by anyone if we give it the gift of our time. And a sentence might be as near as many of us will get to orchestrating beauty. Enter universally praised historian Professor Joe Moran. Using minimal technical terms, First You Write a Sentence. is his unpedantic explanation of how the most ordinary words can be turned into verbal constellations of extraordinary grace. With examples from the Bible and Shakespeare to Orwell and Diana Athill, and with support from scientific studies of what most fires people's minds, he shows how we can all write in a way that is vivid, clear and engaging. With chapters from tools of the trade (from typewriters to texting and the impact this has on the craft); and writing and the senses (how to make the world visible and touchable); to how to find the ideal word, build a sentence, and construct a paragraph, First You Write a Sentence. informs by light example. It's an elegant gem in praise of the English sentence."--From publisher.
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