Economical writing
By: Deirdre N. McCloskey.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Waveland Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Prospect Heights, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric -- Problems, exercises, etc; Economics -- Authorship -- Problems, exercises, etc; Academic writing -- Problems, exercises, etc
Genres: Problems, exercises, etc.
First sentence: The man in the street loves his mistaken opinions about free trade, and will not listen to professors of economics.
Description: A series of short (1 to 3 page) chapters in a small (5 by 7 inch) book about writing, aimed at economists but useful for any technical writers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-94) and index.
Table of contents: pagenum: ix
title: Preface; pagenum: 1
title: Why You Should Not Stop Reading Here; title: Writing Is the Economist's Trade
pagenum: 3
label: 1; title: Writing Is Thinking
pagenum: 6
label: 2; title: Rules Can Help, But Bad Rules Hurt
pagenum: 8
label: 3; title: Be Thou Clear; But for Lord's Sake Have Fun, Too
pagenum: 12
label: 4; title: The Rules Are Factual Rather THan Logical
pagenum: 15
label: 5; title: Classical Rhetoric Guides Even the Economical Writer
pagenum: 17
label: 6; title: Fluency Can Be Acheived by Grit
pagenum: 20
label: 7; title: Write Early Rather Than Late
pagenum: 22
label: 8; title: You Will Need Tools
pagenum: 25
label: 9; title: Keep Your Spirits Up, Forge Ahead
pagenum: 29
label: 10; title: Speak to an Audience of Human Beings
pagenum: 33
label: 11; title: Avoid Boilerplate
pagenum: 35
label: 12; title: Control Your Tone
pagenum: 39
label: 13; title: Paragraphs Should Have Points
pagenum: 44
label: 14; title: Make Tables, Graphs, and Displayed ERquationhs Readable
pagenum: 46
label: 15; title: Footnotes Are Nests for Pedants
pagenum: 48
label: 16; title: Make Your Writing Cohere
pagenum: 50
label: 17; title: Use Your Ear
pagenum: 53
label: 18; title: Write in Complete Sentences
pagenum: 55
label: 19; title: Avoid Elegant Variation
pagenum: 56
label: 20; title: Watch How Each Word Connects with Others
pagenum: 58
label: 21; title: Watch Punctuation
pagenum: 61
label: 22; title: The Order Around Switch Until It Good Sounds
pagenum: 65
label: 23; title: Read, Out Loud
pagenum: 68
label: 24; title: Use Verbs, Active Ones
pagenum: 70
label: 25; title: Avoid Words That Bad Writers Love
pagenum: 72
label: 26; title: Be Concrete
pagenum: 78
label: 27; title: Be Plain
pagenum: 80
label: 28; title: Avoid Cheap Typographical Tricks
pagenum: 83
label: 29; title: Avoid This, That, These, Those
pagenum: 85
label: 30; title: Above All, Look at Your Words
pagenum: 86
label: 31; pagenum: 88
title: If You Don't Stop Reading, Join the Flow; pagenum: 91
title: Works Cited; pagenum: 95
title: Index