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Advice for today's business writer who writes daily, but has no professional training in writing.

Defines similes and metaphors and describes how and why they are used in sentences.

Presents well-known cliches under the headings: sentiments, situations, sources, and sounds.

Examines the relationships between speech, writing, and literacy in theory and practice.

Presents a concise style manual that provides the basic elementary principles of English usage and composition, with tips on commonly misused words and expressions, style, and spelling.

A guide to writing clearly and correctly that covers the most commonly broken usage rules and composition principles, explaining how to use the comma and the semicolon, compose effective sentences and paragraphs, and keep one's style smooth and unpretentious.

Presents a comprehensive guide to creating winning manuscripts that will sell, and provide tips and techniques on language, dialogue, diction and more.