Comments on: Line by Line – How to Edit Your Own Writing

By: Odell

Odell — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:28:58 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
Line by Line
Line by Line: How to Improve Your Own Writing is a classic, and with good reason. If you like words like “gerund” and “prepositional phrase,” Line by Line has a lot to offer…

By: Frideswide

Frideswide — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:50:54 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
terrific
this is an awesome book on editing. although there are hundrends of thousands of books that claim to teach editing, this book actually does it.

By: Luthando

Luthando — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:07:34 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
Comprehensive – not compelling
If you’re fuzzy on the finer points of grammar, as so many of us seem to be, this book takes you by the hand and teaches you from the ground up.

By: Prue

Prue — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:13:36 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
FAST DELIVERY!
The book came in quicker than expected and was in perfect shape. Nothing else to say. Excellent business!

By: Timon

Timon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:01:06 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
You’ve got to buy this book!
Superb! I am a programmer by day and a writer of articles on programming at other times.
Growing up in England I was taught every miniscule detail of the English…

By: Lutisha

Lutisha — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:00:32 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent help for aspiring writers
I’m a working writer who has found this book very helpful. An original hardbound edition holds an honored place in my library.

By: Nadine

Nadine — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:21:39 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Best
I’ve bought a lot of grammer books over the years. Some of them are well written some are not. They don’t help me much but I keep buying them and hoping that someday I’ll find…

By: Gisbelle

Gisbelle — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:30:09 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Completely demystifies the process of self-editing
Based upon the Modern Language Association guidelines, Claire Kehrwald Cooks’ instructive ‘how to’ manual for aspiring authors, “Line By Line: How To Edit Your Own Writing”…

By: Oratilwe

Oratilwe — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:35:11 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Line by Line by Claire Kehrwald Cook
As a new writer, I was looking for all the help I could muster so I searched the web.I also belong to a writing workshop and a fellow writer recommended this book to me.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:10:30 +0000

1.0 out of 5 stars Author could have followed her own advise.
The long sentences and choppy -yes, I used choppy!- examples in this book are hard to understand. The examples the author offers as "fixes" to wrong sentence structure are hardly...