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Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (also known as Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace and Style: Toward Clarity and Grace) is a book by Joseph M. Williams (1933-2008). Williams was a professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago. The author says “it is good to write clearly, and anyone can.”.^[1]

About the Book

The book was first published in 1981. The book has since gone through numerous editions and has become a popular text for writing classes. This book is based on a course, "The Little Red Schoolhouse," that Williams taught for many years at Chicago.^[2]

Content

Front Matter

Preface

Part One: Style as Choice

Lesson One: Understanding Style
Lesson Two: Correctness

Part Two: Clarity

Lesson Three: Actions
Lesson Four: Characters
Lesson Five: Cohesion and Coherence
Lesson Six: Emphasis

Part Three: Grace

Lesson Seven: Concision
Lesson Eight: Shape
Lesson Nine: Elegance

Part Four: Form

Lesson Ten: Motivating Coherence
Lesson Eleven: Global Coherence

Part Five: Ethics

Lesson Twelve: The Ethics of Style

Back Matter

Appendix: Punctuation
Glossary
Suggested Answers
Acknowledgments
Index

Editions in print

Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace. 9th Edition. New York: Pearson Longman (2007) ISBN 0-321-47935-1 ISBN 978-0321479358 (paper)
Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace. 2nd Edition (2006) ISBN 0-321-33085-4 ISBN 978-0321330857 (paper)
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (1995) ISBN 0-226-89915-2 ISBN 978-0226899152 (paper)

Earlier editions

Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman (1981, 1985, 1989), New York: HarperCollins (1989, 1994), New York: Longman (1997, 2000, 2003), Toronto: Longman (2005), New York: Pearson Longman (2005)
Style : The Basics of Clarity and Grace. New York: Longman (2003)
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (1990) with two chapters coauthored by Gregory G. Colomb

Translations

Russian (2003, 2005) [1]

On-line reviews

Review of Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (1990) by J. Bradford DeLong [2]
Review of Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (1990) by Susan Stepney [3]

Notes

^ Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (9th Edition) pg 4.
^ Now, also, English 13000/33000.

External links

Style: Toward Clarity and Grace at UoCP^{[dead link‍]}
Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity & Grace, 1st. ed., at Amazon
Four steps to better writing, a handout prepared by Paul Dudenhefer based on Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace

[1] Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (9th Edition) pg 4.

[2] Now, also, English 13000/33000.

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-*[http://lupus.econ.duke.edu/ecoteach/undergrad/forms/Four%20steps%20to%20better%20writing.pdf Four steps to better writing], a handout prepared by Paul Dudenhefer based on ''Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace''
+*[https://econ.duke.edu/sites/econ.duke.edu/files/Four%20Steps%20to%20Better%20Writing.pdf Four steps to better writing], a handout prepared by Paul Dudenhefer based on ''Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace''
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