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How to Write Clearly, by Edwin A. Abbott
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Title: How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition
Author: Edwin A. Abbott
Release Date: September 14, 2007 [EBook #22600]
Language: English
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HOW TO WRITE CLEARLY.
RULES AND EXERCISES
ON
ENGLISH COMPOSITION.
BY THE
REV. EDWIN A. ABBOTT, M.A.,
HEAD MASTER OF THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL.
[Illustration: QUI LEGIT REGIT]
THE AUTHOR'S COPYRIGHT EDITION.
BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS. 1883.
UNIVERSITY PRESS: JOHN WILSON & SON. CAMBRIDGE.
PREFACE.
Almost every English boy can be taught to write clearly, so far at least as clearness depends upon the arrangement of words. Force, elegance, and variety of style are more