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... FINAL COPY Write your first draft in pencil as rapidly as you can . Do not pause for detailed changes ; do not fret about neatness . Put your manuscript aside for a time before you begin revising it . Then go to work systematically and ...
... FINAL COPY Write your first draft in pencil as rapidly as you can . Do not pause for detailed changes ; do not fret about neatness . Put your manuscript aside for a time before you begin revising it . Then go to work systematically and ...
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... final analysis , the arrangement of words deter- mines the emphasis or lack of emphasis in the sentence . Because most coherent sentences are also emphatic sentences , the student of composition should concentrate his energy first upon ...
... final analysis , the arrangement of words deter- mines the emphasis or lack of emphasis in the sentence . Because most coherent sentences are also emphatic sentences , the student of composition should concentrate his energy first upon ...
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... final outline . The following practical suggestions are designed to provide a workable method for the beginning writer : 1. Read a short account of the subject in an encyclopedia or other reference work . ( See p . 305-6 ) 2. Draw up a ...
... final outline . The following practical suggestions are designed to provide a workable method for the beginning writer : 1. Read a short account of the subject in an encyclopedia or other reference work . ( See p . 305-6 ) 2. Draw up a ...
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