Sword, Helen <br/><br/>
The writer's diet :   a guide to fit prose /  
Helen Sword. 
 - Chicago ;  London :   The University of Chicago Press,   2016. 
 - vii, 77 p. ;  20 cm. 
 - Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing .
<br/><br/>"First published by Auckland University Press, 2007."--Title page verso. Additional phys. form: Also issued online. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 74-76) and index.<br/> 
<br/><br/>Contents: Verbal verve -- Noun density -- Prepositional podge -- Ad-dictions -- Waste words -- Afterword : healthy writing. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226351988 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Rhetoric<br/>English language --Written English<br/>English language--Style<br/>English language --Style--Problems, exercises, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808.042