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| #1505235 in Books | 1992-02-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.71 x5.31l, | File type: PDF | 368 pages||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Something Every College Student Needs|By Bob Brown|Scholarly writing is different from writing ordinary prose, and college professors expect students to know the differences. (I know, because I'm a college professor.) This book explains the differences. I gave it four stars instead of five because the section on preparing papers is out of date in this day of word processors.|About the Author||About the Author:| Mary-Claire van Leunen is a retired editor of scholarly books and papers. She now does research at the Digital Equipment Corporation on software programs for writers and editors.|
By its very nature, scholarly writing lacks the freedom and rhetorical panache of other types of prose. Custom, propriety, and a quest for certainty hem the scholar in on all sides. But while it is necessarily formal, allusive, and accurate, scholarly writing does not have to be--nor should it be--wooden, pedantic, and cryptic. A Handbook for Scholars helps scholars achieve the first set of characteristics without falling victim to the second. Now avai...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.A Handbook for Scholars | Mary-Claire van Leunen. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
