The Writer’s Reference and Style Guide Collection (7 vols.)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Writing well is a skill that comes with much practice. Exceptional authors connect with their audience in a way that appears effortless, but is based upon foundational concepts and rules that many can put into practice. With this collection, writers will learn from celebrated practitioners, editors, and lexographers who have shaped and defined modern English grammar. Set your writing apart by writing passionately, academically, to inform, to convince, or to critique. This collection of cherished reference works helps established writers, editors, and students alike write like the greats and better understand what makes them so effective.
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- Directs writers in ordering their thinking before words are on a page
- Classic examples of communicating in writing
- Etymological background for dictionary entries assist writers in choosing a fitting word.
- Title: The Writer’s Reference and Style Guide Collection (7 vols.)
- Volumes: 7
- Pages: 2,625
- Resource Types: Grammar, Dictionaries
- Topic: English Grammar
Reviews
9 ratings
Daniel Presley
6/20/2021
Michael R Shotwell
7/14/2020
Gregg Watson
5/25/2020
Glenn & Dolly Walls
2/2/2020
It would appears that the other comments are from those that would like to have the newer publications, or they are more advanced and have no need for these. I am not where they are and this will be a great start. I hope that there will be more of the newer publications offered later. Thanks Logos for looking out for the little guy.
Brian K
1/12/2020
Most of these are a century old or more. Writing style and reader sensibilities have changed radically in the last 100 years. I'm scratching my head trying to figure out why Logos would even offer these. Maybe for historical research into how writing style has changed? That would be a narrow market.
Patrick Danahy
11/9/2019
Mentioning that White updated Strunk does not absolve you of peddling old wine skins as new. However timeless the Kingdom, this collection is not helpful for present work. That you feature it's virtues in present tense leads me to question whether your marketing department is getting out of hand. To preach clarity with unclear copy leads me to be wary of the offer and publisher--despite the benefits of your excellent products.
Joshua Steele
10/11/2019
Give us the most recent editions of these works, and then we'll talk! These resources are out of date and rather pointless to consult at this point in one's writing workflow.Tim Wood
5/30/2019
Most are over a century old and have been updated multiple times. If you need to cite anything besides printed text, you're out of luck. Radio was brand new. TV was half a century in the future. And the first science fiction stories and thought pieces about the idea we now call the internet were farther out. Logos has a propensity to recycle free content for profit however the material should have some value for the audience. What would be useful would a set of current references. A list of styles guides to consider: * The Chicago Manual of Style * Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association * The Elements of Style (Strunk) * MLA Handbook Some possible current writing guides (e.g. "They Say / I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, A Guide for Writing About Theology and Religion)Lynn Kauppi
4/3/2019
As a professional editor, I can unequivocally say that these style guides are useless. Their only value is purely historical.
Fr Steven G Rindahl
1/9/2019
These are so far out of date they will be use to nobody doing any writing for an academic setting today.
