BUGS in writing: a guide to debugging your prose

by Dupré, Lyn

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Title Statements

Full title :BUGS in writing : a guide to debugging your prose / Lyn Dupré.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1998
Edition:Revised edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Addison-Wesley
Place of Publication:Reading, Massachusetts
Language:eng
Publication Date:1998

Notes

Comprend des index.

The Physical Object

Description:xxxv, 668 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:020137921X, 9780201379211
oclc:on1132499237
LC Classification:PE1408
Dewey Decimal:808/.042

1. Passive or missing agents -- 2. You and your reader -- 3. So, so that, such that -- 4. Two or more -- 5. Only -- 6. Redundant terms -- 7. Pronouns -- 8. Undefined this -- 9. Motivate -- 10. Oxymorons -- 11. Shall versus will -- 12. Key terms -- 13. Proven versus proved -- 14. Everyone, someone, no one, none -- 15. Colon -- 16. Effort -- 17. Which versus that -- 18. Spread-out phrases -- 19. While -- 20. Repeated prepositions -- 21. Abbreviations and acronyms -- 22. Verbize -- 23. Commas -- 24. Number spelling -- 25. Impact -- 26. Lists -- 27. Like versus such as -- 28. Either and both -- 29. Hyphens -- 30. Full versus incomplete infinitives -- 31. Titles -- 32. Contractions -- 33. Per -- 34. Number styles -- 35. Quotations -- 36. Fuzzy words -- 37. Parentheses -- 38. Split infinitives -- 39. Is due to -- 40. Center on -- 41. Quotation marks -- 42. Remarks inserted after that -- 43. Figure captions -- 44. Data -- 45. Ensure, assure, insure -- 46. Foreword versus forward -- 47. Blocks: theorems, proofs, lemmas -- 48. Above and below -- 49. En dashes -- 50. As to whether -- 51. Who versus that -- 52. Though -- 53. References to parts -- 54. Dates and times of day -- 55. Reason is …

Subjects

Anglais (Langue) -- Guides, manuels, et… Anglais (Langue) -- Rhétorique English language -- Handbooks, manuals,… English language -- Rhetoric English language -- Usage Handbooks and manuals Rapports -- Rédaction Report writing