Plain Style

"The late Lasch, college history professor and the author of The Culture of Narcissism (1979), among other seminal works, so despaired of his graduate students' writing that he began to compile a list of common compositional errors. This list soon evolved into a full-fledged writing guide. . . . Lasch's wry, distinctive voice is evident throughout."--Joanne Wilkinson, Booklist

Introduction: Christopher Lasch and the Politics of the Plain Style

1

(42)

Stewart Weaver

A Note on the Text

43

(2)

Elementary Principles of Literary Construction

45

(10)

Conventions Governing Punctuation, Capitalization, Typography, and Footnotes

55

(20)

Characteristics of Bad Writing

75

(18)

Words Often Misused

93

(20)

Words Often Mispronounced

113

(4)

Proofreaders' Marks

117

(2)

Index

119

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