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How to Write a Sentence (Hardback)
$12.16 - Save $7.83 39% off - RRP $19.99 Free shipping worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for How to Write a Sentence"New York Times" columnist Fish presents an entertaining, erudite celebration of language and rhetoric drawing on a wide range of examples from Hobbes to Scalia to Elmore Leonard.
Full description- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Published: 01 February 2011
- Format: Hardback 224 pages
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- Categories: Usage & Grammar Guides | Creative Writing & Creative Writing Guides | Writing & Editing Guides | Semantics | Literary Studies: General
- ISBN 13: 9780061840548 ISBN 10: 0061840548
- Sales rank: 3,902
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Full description for How to Write a Sentence
Some appreciate fine art; others appreciate fine wines. Stanley Fish appreciates fine sentences. The "New York Times" columnist and world-class professor has long been an aficionado of language. Like a seasoned sportscaster, Fish marvels at the adeptness of finely crafted sentences and breaks them down into digestible morsels, giving readers an instant play-by-play. In this entertaining and erudite gem, Fish offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure, skills invaluable to any writer (or reader). "How to Write a Sentence" is both a spirited love letter to the written word and a key to understanding how great writing works; it is a book that will stand the test of time.
