Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6238 in Books
• Published on: 1985-10-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Customer Reviews

Boring - I don't want writing advice from a someone who can't write.
This book is boring. I used it for killing flies. Any book on writing should be amazing -- why would you want to learn from writing from someone who was not good?
Other good books include: Secrets of the Written Word, and On Writing Well.

Great Reading
I really enjoyed reading part of this book, it is informative and funny at the same time, unfortunately I have not finished the book, I lost it when I moved and need to buy another copy.

Great book on writing better!
If you find that my review is poorly written, put the blame on me and not Mr Provost and you could see the reasons why I have read this book.
Mr Provost filled the book with examples that are easy to understand and he had styled the book in a reader friendly and comprehensive format.

You could read the book from page 1 to the end and undergo the systematic built up to better writing or you could easily refer to the relevant sections without feeling lost.

The only shortcoming of this book it that it is concise and could not provide more in depth explanation on some terms like "normative" and "objective" use of noun. However, Mr Provost has done a wonderful job of balancing the need of the general public to be a good writer against that of a linguist.