Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch: Let Verbs Power Your Writing
- ISBN-10
- 0393081168
- ISBN-13
- 9780393081169
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-10-15
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Constance Hale
Description
Helps aspiring writers understand the importance of using powerful verbs in their work through examples of brilliant writing and presents a linguistic history to help see how language and writing has evolved over time. 25,000 first printing.
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