Economical Writing

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Contents (vii)......Page 6 Preface (ix)......Page 8 Why You Should Not Stop Reading Here (1)......Page 10 1. Writing Is the Economist's Trade (3)......Page 12 2. Writing Is Thinking (6)......Page 15 3. Rules Can Help, But Bad Rules Hurt (8)......Page 17 4. Be Thou Clear; But for Lord's Sake Have Fun, Too (12)......Page 21 5. The Rules Are Factual Rather Than Logical (15)......Page 24 6. Classical Rhetoric Guides Even the Economical Writer (17)......Page 26 7. Fluency Can Be Achieved by Grit (20)......Page 29 8. Write Early Rather Than Late (22)......Page 31 9. You Will Need Tools (25)......Page 34 10. Keep Your Spirits Up, Forge Ahead (29)......Page 38 11. Speak to an Audience of Human Beings (33)......Page 42 12. Avoid Boilerplate (35)......Page 44 13. Control Your Tone (39)......Page 48 14. Paragraphs Should Have Points (44)......Page 53 15. Make Tables, Graphs, and Displayed Equations Readable (46)......Page 55 16. Footnotes Are Nests for Pedants (48)......Page 57 17. Make Your Writing Cohere (50)......Page 59 18. Use Your Ear (53)......Page 62 19. Write in Complete Sentences (55)......Page 64 20. Avoid Elegant Variation (56)......Page 65 21. Watch How Eac Word Connects with Others (58)......Page 67 22. Watch Punctuation (61)......Page 70 23. The Order Around Switch Until It Good Sounds (65)......Page 74 24. Read, Out Loud (68)......Page 77 25. Use Verbs, Active Ones (70)......Page 79 26. Avoid Words That Bad Writers Love (72)......Page 81 27. Be Concrete (78)......Page 87 28. Be Plain (80)......Page 89 29. Avoid Cheap Typographical Tricks (83)......Page 92 30. Avoid This, That, These, Those (85)......Page 94 31. Above All, Look at Your Words (86)......Page 95 If You Didn't Stop Reading, Join the Flow (88)......Page 97 Works Cited (91)......Page 99 Index (95)......Page 103