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100			_aJohnston, Marcia Riefer _921222
245			_aWord up! : _bhow to write powerful sentences and paragraphs (and everything you build from them) _cMarcia Riefer Johnston
260			_bWestland Ltd _c2012 _aChennai
300			_axxxvi, 297 p. _bPaper
505			_a Introduction -- Up with (thoughtful) prescriptivism -- Up with words. To be or not to be ; Talk -- I mean obfuscate -- your way to the top ; The only thing that these signs have in common ; Her and I : how to banish painful personal-pronoun pairings ; To each their own ; Whom ya gonna call? ; Hyphens unite! ; To hyphenate or not to hyphenate after a noun : that is the wrong question ; Let me count the -- different? -- ways ; The pen is mightier than the shovel ; You don't know from prepositions ; A modern take (is take a noun?) on parts of speech -- Up with sentences and paragraphs. The last word ; A definition is where you don't say is where ; Metaphors are jewels ; Lend your commas a hand -- or two ; Running on about run-ons ; Touching words ; Use contrast : the long and short of it ; Explore and heighten : magic words from a playwright ; Coming soon to the small screen ; How not to do how-to ; How to do how-to : watch your steps ; Your words come alive with a hint of music -- Up with writing. The importance of re-vising ; What brand R U? ; Who's your Sam? ; Mastering the art of knowing your audience ; Decisions, decisions -- Afterword -- Appendix: Up with human-crafted indexes -- Under the cover -- About the author.
650			_aEnglish language _xWriting _xSentences.Paragraphs. _xSentences.Paragraphs. _921223
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