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To the Point: A Dictionary of Concise Writing Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.

Adjective terse, short, brief, clipped, to the point, crisp, compact, concise, curt, succinct, pithy, monosyllabic, sententious Usually so laconic in the office, he seemed more relaxed. The Spartans, noted for being warlike and disciplined, were also known for the brevity of their speech, and it is this quality that English writers still denote by the use of the adjective laconic, which is first found in this sense in 1589. Feb 2, 2013 - The Art of Writing Concise Copy. May 5, 2008 - If you want to write concisely, my advice is to just do it. 4 days ago - Definition of laconic in the Online Dictionary. I disagree, and made my point that it was []. €�It didn't happen overnight,” .. It may seem a bit obsessive to most folks to care passionately about words and their origins , unless you're either a writer, an editor, a translator, or a logophile. Oct 4, 2013 - Here are common, wordy phrases you should expunge from your writing as much as possible to achieve "The Perfectibility of Words" that Fiske talks about in The Dictionary of Concise Writing: at this point in time. Dec 23, 2013 - Sixth (1976) and Seventh (1982) Editions were still called The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, but the subtitle now read based on the Oxford English dictionary and its supplements first edited by H.W. I appreciate you looking up the word in a dictionary. In my very first Copyblogger blog post I wrote that web users were “mission minded, cramped for attention, bent on standards, and uninterested in learning new navigation At that point you might move a paragraph here or a sentence there, but for the most part you are making small changes (like finding a better word than improves) that benefits the flow of the document or refines the originality of your content. News · Rumours · Video · Reports · TV · Live Forum · Talking Points · Columns · Articles · Europe · Write for TW · Send Us News He also makes sure to point out that role played by supporters who gave the new regime the time to bed in and establish new ways of playing after a decade of stability under Moyes. Feel confident that making your point in five words is legitimate.