Writing with Style (Paperback)

The Economist Guide

Lane Greene

A brand new take on how to write with style - from The Economist's language columnist, Lane Greene

THE ONE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER

Why are the best words short and old? Why are full stops a writer's best friend? How can we simplify, then exaggerate? And what exactly are dangling modifiers?

We'd all like to write with style.

But what does that mean, and what can we learn from The Economist, a publication well known for its clarity and flair?

Welcome to Writing with Style, an elegant survey of the principles available for writing better prose. By adopting some tried and tested tools and techniques, you too can learn how to inform, persuade and entertain when you write.

Whether you want to know your singulars from your subjunctives, how colons add drama or why the word "comprise" is contaminated, this is the style guide for you.

Publication date: June 15, 2023

£10.99

ISBN: 9781800810068

Imprint: Economist Books

Subject: Arts, Language & Literature, Humour & Gift, Reference

Writing with Style (Ebook)

The Economist Guide

Lane Greene

A brand new take on how to write with style - from The Economist's language columnist, Lane Greene

THE ONE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER

Why are the best words short and old? Why are full stops a writer's best friend? How can we simplify, then exaggerate? And what exactly are dangling modifiers?

We'd all like to write with style.

But what does that mean, and what can we learn from The Economist, a publication well known for its clarity and flair?

Welcome to Writing with Style, an elegant survey of the principles available for writing better prose. By adopting some tried and tested tools and techniques, you too can learn how to inform, persuade and entertain when you write.

Whether you want to know your singulars from your subjunctives, how colons add drama or why the word "comprise" is contaminated, this is the style guide for you.

Publication date: June 15, 2023

£9.99

ISBN: 9781782839651

ISBN 10 / ASIN: B0BLZV424M

Imprint: Economist Books

Subject: Arts, Language & Literature, Humour & Gift, Reference

Reviews for Writing with Style

'Open-minded and discerning ... [Greene is] hard to argue with'

Daniel Hahn Spectator

'Enjoyable, informative and persuasive'

 Irish Times

'A lovely book. I vigorously recommend it as an alternative to Strunk and White's The Elements of Style'

 New York Times

'Praise for Lane Greene: 'One of my favourite writers on language'

Steven Pinker 

'Greene argues perceptively and passionately'

 Publishers Weekly

'An insightful, accessible examination of the way in which day-to-day speech is tangled in a complicated web of history, politics, race, economics and power'

 Kirkus Reviews

Lane Greene

Lane Greene

Lane Greene writes the Johnson column about language for The Economist. His book about the politics of language, You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity, was published by Delacorte Press in 2011.