OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD Why are the best words short and old? Why are full stops a writer's best friend? How can we simplify, then exaggerate? And what exactly are dangling modifiers? We'd all like to write with style. But what does that mean, and what can we learn from The Economist, a publication well known for its clarity and flair? Welcome to Writing with Style, an elegant survey of the principles available for writing better prose. By adopting some tried and tested tools and techniques, you too can learn how to inform, persuade and entertain when you write. Whether you want to know your singulars from your subjunctives, how colons add drama or why the word "comprise" is contaminated, this is the style guide for you.

A brand new take on how to write with style - from The Economist's language columnist, Lane Greene

About the Author
Lane Greene is a language columnist and correspondent at The Economist. Past assignments have included culture, European business, law, energy, the environment, and American politics. He is also the author of Talk on the Wild Side and You Are What You Speak. In 2017, he won the journalism award from the Linguistic Society of America. He is based in Madrid.

Reviews
Praise for Lane Greene: 'One of my favourite writers on language -- Steven Pinker
Open-minded and discerning ... [Greene is] hard to argue with -- Daniel Hahn * Spectator *
Enjoyable, informative and persuasive * Irish Times *



Book Information
ISBN 9781800810068
Author Lane Greene
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Economist Books
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 200g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 22mm