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Rosalie Maggio

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Crafting prose with clarity, power, and persuasion.

Whether you're hammering out a business report or crafting an email that needs to impress, Rosalie Maggio's "How to Say It Style Guide" can be your secret weapon. It's like having a trusted mentor perched on your shoulder, whispering the secrets to clean, compelling communication. Dive in to troubleshoot your prose or polish your punctuation with confidence; this guide makes it a breeze.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780735203136
Author: Rosalie Maggio
Publisher: Prentice Hall Press
Date of Publication: 2002-01-15
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Business, Personal Development
Related Topics: Writing, Personal Development, How To, Business, Communication
Goodreads rating: 3.0
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From Rosalie Maggio, author of the bestselling How to Say It, comes a quick guide to composing perfect prose. This ideal writer’s companion provides succinct solutions to the most common writing problems, and gives you all the information you need to write powerful and persuasive prose. The How to Say It Style Guide begins with a brief introduction to the eighteen rules every writer must know. It moves quickly on to an A-to-Z guide that offers clear, easy-to-find answers to all your writing questions, and concludes with a section on troublesome words and phrases. Key words throughout direct you to the right entry, and a helpful index makes finding answers easy. Illustrated with quotes from literature, the How to Say It Style Guide is fun to browse and an indispensable reference that will make your business and personal writing the best it can be.
 

Crafting prose with clarity, power, and persuasion.

Whether you're hammering out a business report or crafting an email that needs to impress, Rosalie Maggio's "How to Say It Style Guide" can be your secret weapon. It's like having a trusted mentor perched on your shoulder, whispering the secrets to clean, compelling communication. Dive in to troubleshoot your prose or polish your punctuation with confidence; this guide makes it a breeze.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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