Project Gutenberg 2007-09-14 Public domain in the USA. 230 Abbott, Edwin Abbott 1838 1926 A Square Abbott, E. A. (Edwin Abbott) Abbott, Edwin A. (Edwin Abbott) How to Write Clearly: Rules and Exercises on English Composition Reading ease score: 58.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Richard J. Shiffer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "How to Write Clearly: Rules and Exercises on English Composition" by Edwin A. Abbott is a guidebook on English composition written in the late 19th century. The book aims to provide clear rules and exercises for teaching the art of writing clearly, which Abbott argues can be simplified to manageable instructions, contrasting it with the more complex nuances of writing with force and elegance. At the start of the book, the author emphasizes that while most boys can learn to write clearly through proper word arrangement and adherence to specific rules, clarity in writing does not necessarily guarantee clear thinking. Abbott introduces the main objectives of his work, which are to highlight common causes of ambiguity in writing and provide remedies through simple, repeatable strategies. He supports his thesis by referencing various forms of writing, including speeches and newspaper articles, that often fall prey to obfuscation due to deviations from these rules. The opening lays out the foundation for the rules and exercises that will follow, reflecting a commitment to improving English composition skills for students and writers alike. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English language -- Composition and exercises PE Text Children's Instructional Books Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Teaching & Education 286576 286414 2024-10-10T04:14:47.408141 2023-09-10T07:47:22.635079 text/html text/html 286569 286407 2024-10-10T04:14:47.700229 2023-09-10T07:47:22.821116 text/html text/html 196191 2024-10-10T04:14:57.290078 application/epub+zip 198294 2024-10-10T04:14:51.877153 application/epub+zip 159977 2024-10-10T04:14:50.332153 application/epub+zip 487205 2024-10-10T04:15:00.843092 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449422 2024-10-10T04:14:56.297108 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296854 2022-09-10T14:04:58.804955 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 241912 241801 2024-10-10T04:14:46.855197 2023-09-10T07:47:22.210092 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 241675 2021-01-02T23:04:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 90634 2021-01-02T23:04:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 241669 2021-01-02T23:04:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90605 2021-01-02T23:04:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21370 2024-10-10T04:15:01.004058 application/rdf+xml 25393 2024-10-10T04:14:50.904112 image/jpeg 4509 2024-10-10T04:14:50.631116 image/jpeg 193996 2024-10-10T04:14:47.723175 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia