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... WILLIAM LUTZ 73 " The Language of Advertising . " CHARLES A. O'NEILL 92 " Printed Noise , " GEORGE F. WILL 105 140 " How to Detect Propaganda , " INSTITUTE FOR PROPAGANDA ANALYSIS " Wars , Wimps and Women : Talking Gender and Thinking ...
... WILLIAM LUTZ 73 " The Language of Advertising . " CHARLES A. O'NEILL 92 " Printed Noise , " GEORGE F. WILL 105 140 " How to Detect Propaganda , " INSTITUTE FOR PROPAGANDA ANALYSIS " Wars , Wimps and Women : Talking Gender and Thinking ...
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... William Lutz who assails the linguistic habits of hucksters . In his essay below , he alerts us to the special power of " weasel words " -those familiar and sneaky little critters that " appear to say one thing when in fact they say the ...
... William Lutz who assails the linguistic habits of hucksters . In his essay below , he alerts us to the special power of " weasel words " -those familiar and sneaky little critters that " appear to say one thing when in fact they say the ...
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... William Lutz rails against here : doublespeak . It is language intended not to reveal but to conceal , not to communicate but to obfuscate . In this essay , Lutz categorizes four different kinds of doublespeak , distinguishing the ...
... William Lutz rails against here : doublespeak . It is language intended not to reveal but to conceal , not to communicate but to obfuscate . In this essay , Lutz categorizes four different kinds of doublespeak , distinguishing the ...
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Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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