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Tables of Contents for Simple & Direct
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Note to the Fourth Edition
ix
Preface
xi
Introduction
3
10
Diction, or Which Words to Use
13
44
Time Out for Good Reading I: Working and Thinking on the Waterfront
53
4
Linking, or What to Put Next
57
52
Time Out for Good Reading II: Aristotle on Detective Fiction
104
5
Tone and Tune, or What Impression Will It Make?
109
36
Time Out for Good Reading III: Language Defined
142
3
Meaning, or What Do I Want to Say?
145
42
Time Out for Good Reading IV: Hints for Sawing
181
6
Composition, or How Does It Hang Together?
187
40
Time Out for Good Reading V: The Law as Guarantee of Free Speech
221
6
Revision, or What Have I Actually Said?
227
28
Time Out for Good Reading VI
252
3
Hints Toward Improving the Quoted Sentences
255
4
Index of Words, Topics, and Authors
259