Vern Edwards Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 All relatively recent and relatively brief. Page counts include indexes. Barzun, Jacques, Simple & Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers, 4th ed, (2001), paperback, 268 pages. Dreyer, Benjamin, Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (2019), hardcover and Kindle, 291 pages. Evans, Harold, Do I Make Myself Clear? Why Writing Well Matters (2017), paperback and Kindle, 407 pages. Fish, How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One (2011), paperback and Kindle, 164 pages. Casagrande, The Best Punctuation Book, Period (2014), paperback, 249 pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mansfield Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 If I may add one: Lederer and Dowis, The Write Way: The S.P.E.L.L. Guide to Real-Life Writing (1995), paperback, 245 pages. (S.P.E.L.L. stands for "Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature") I sent a copy to @Jamaal Valentine for winning the Plain Language Writing Contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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