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| Note to the Fourth Edition | ix | |
| Preface | xi | |
| Introduction | 3 | |
| I. | Diction, or Which Words to Use | 13 |
| Time Out for Good Reading I: Working and Thinking on the Waterfront | 53 | |
| II. | Linking, or What to Put Next | 57 |
| Time Out for Good Reading II: Aristotle on Detective Fiction | 104 | |
| III. | Tone and Tune, or What Impression Will It Make? | 109 |
| Time Out for Good Reading III: Language Defined | 142 | |
| IV. | Meaning, or What Do I Want to Say? | 145 |
| Time Out for Good Reading IV: Hints for Sawing | 181 | |
| V. | Composition, or How Does It Hang Together? | 187 |
| Time Out for Good Reading V: The Law as Guarantee of Free Speech | 221 | |
| VI. | Revision, or What Have I Actually Said? | 227 |
| Time Out for Good Reading VI | 252 | |
| Hints Toward Improving the Quoted Sentences | 255 | |
| Index of Words, Topics, and Authors | 259 |
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reviewed Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers on July 06, 2018
Simple and Direct
Funnily enough, I didn't find Barzun that great of a writer, although he certainly isn't a bad one. But the general thrust of his advice'write with a clear idea in mind, choose your words with care, don't overtax your reader'rings true. And it was humbling to discover that I have committed many of the literary gaffs of which he complains.
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