Exact(1)
It is extremely moving, a precise book about the imprecision of memory and how it constructs people, stories and histories.
Similar(59)
Documents in the ancient world carried a precise date; books never did.
But this time round the manifestation is literary - or, to be more precise, in books.
Nabokov's handwriting (in English) was small and fluid and precise; in books that he took exception to, such as a translation of "Madame Bovary" by Eleanor Marx Aveling, his correcting marginalia climbed all over the paragraphs like the tendrils of a strangler fig. Nabokov was also a professor of literature, and in his copy of the New Yorker anthology he gave every story a letter grade.
"Tell," however, may not be a precise enough word to describe the book's incantatory narrative style.
It slows the pace of this precise, impressively researched book.
One can debate, of course, the precise definition of "book value" for Britain's banks, but a fair guess is that it amounts to the capital they hold.
You must have a definitive message, solid audience, precise platform, concise book plan and killer marketing package to become a bestseller.
As an undergraduate, I needed a copy of Arthur Miller's 'Death Of A Salesman' for a theater class I was taking that semester, and the shop owner knew exactly which room, which shelf and which precise stack of books was home to the one I needed, leading me right to it.
Or 277 books, to be precise: the same number of books as Pilsdon Pen is metres high.
True to its title, the book offers precise instructions for the novice detective.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com