Writing Succinctly – Quick Reference Guide by Permacharts

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Part of the “Award Winning Professors Series”* To articulate sweet sounds together Is to work harder that [the rest], and yet Be though an idler. (W.B. Yeats, “Adam’s Curse”) Work have to write well. Abysmal writing comes all too easily. Good writing embodies Four Cardinal Virtues: Clarity honors the reader Economy honors the language Precision honors the subject Grace honors writing itself The first three virtues can be learned. The fourth must be earned, over a lifetime. Breaking these four Cardinal Virtues is too easy. Every writer brings hard-earned preconceptions of good writing to their keyboard every day. Verbosity has long and tangled roots. This Permachart focuses on untangling the most common issues: Verbose Role Models, Lessons from Grade V, Big Words and Informality, Weak Verbs, Verbal Staples, Repetitiousness, Needless Modifiers, Buzz Words and Euphemisms, Redendancy, ClichŽs
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