IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Jun 1983

Style: Ten lessons in clarity and grace

Joseph M. Williams ; William Rivers

Abstract

In his preface, Joseph M. Williams says that Style: ten lessons in clarity and grace focuses on “the single most serious problem that mature writers face: a wordy, tangled, too-complex prose style.” His book deals with that problem admirably. Indeed, the advice and examples furnished by Williams are varied and sophisticated enough to make it a useful resource for any mature writer — even the mature writer whose prose is clear and concise.

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IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Published
1983-06-01
DOI
10.1109/tpc.1983.6448695
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