01739cam a2200337 i 4500 625937670 TxAuBib 20101028120000.0 010327t20011999||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780767903097 paperback 0767903099 paperback (OCoLC)46606846 JRS eng rda JRS IXA BAKER YDXCP AU@ TXAAL TxAuBib rda Hale, Constance. Sin and syntax. Sin and syntax : how to craft wickedly effective prose / Constance Hale ; foreword by Karen Elizabeth Gordon. First trade paperback edition. New York : Broadway Books, 2001. ©1999. xix, 289 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-277) and index. Words -- Nouns -- Pronouns -- Verbs -- Adjectives -- Adverbs -- Prepositions -- Conjunctions -- Interjections -- Sentences -- The subject, the predicate -- Simple sentences -- Phrases and clauses -- Sentence variety -- Music -- Voice -- Lyricism -- Melody -- Rhythm. Today's writers need more spunk than Strunk. Whether it's the Great American E-mail, Madison Avenue advertising, or Grammy Award-winning rap lyrics, memorable writing must jump off the page. With "Sin and Syntax", copy veteran Hale makes creative communication, both the lyrical and the unlawful, an option for everyone. 20101028. English language Rhetoric. Report writing. Literature. TXAAL