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Author : Joe Devine
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Commas are Our Friends written by Joe Devine and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the understanding and correct usage of different parts of grammar and marks of punctuation.
Author : Mary Norris
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393246604
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)
Download or read book Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen written by Mary Norris and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal "Hilarious…This book charmed my socks off." —Patricia O’Conner, New York Times Book Review Mary Norris has spent more than three decades working in The New Yorker’s renowned copy department, helping to maintain its celebrated high standards. In Between You & Me, she brings her vast experience with grammar and usage, her good cheer and irreverence, and her finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice.
Author : Lester Kaufman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119652847
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)
Download or read book The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation written by Lester Kaufman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-04-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling workbook and grammar guide, revised and updated! Hailed as one of the best books around for teaching grammar, The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation includes easy-to-understand rules, abundant examples, dozens of reproducible quizzes, and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar to middle and high schoolers, college students, ESL students, homeschoolers, and more. This concise, entertaining workbook makes learning English grammar and usage simple and fun. This updated 12th edition reflects the latest updates to English usage and grammar, and includes answers to all reproducible quizzes to facilitate self-assessment and learning. Clear and concise, with easy-to-follow explanations, offering "just the facts" on English grammar, punctuation, and usage Fully updated to reflect the latest rules, along with even more quizzes and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar Ideal for students from seventh grade through adulthood in the US and abroad For anyone who wants to understand the major rules and subtle guidelines of English grammar and usage, The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation offers comprehensive, straightforward instruction.
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Total Pages : 436 pages
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Author : Erica L. Meltzer
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781515182061
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (82 download)
Download or read book The Critical Reader written by Erica L. Meltzer and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended to clearly and systematically demystify what is often considered the most challenging section of the SAT, The Critical Reader, 2nd Edition, provides a comprehensive review of the reading skills tested on the redesigned exam for students who are serious about raising their scores. Includes: -A chapter-by-chapter breakdown of question types, with in-depth explanations and numerous examples demonstrating how to work through each type. -Techniques for comprehending complex passages and identifying key information quickly and efficiently. -Extensive strategies for simplifying and answering paired supporting evidence questions as well as informational graphic questions. -A list of alternate definitions of common words, plus strategies for using context clues to decipher the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary. To allow students to apply the strategies outlined in this book to College Board material while focusing on the specific areas in which they are seeking to improve, this book also includes a list of all the Reading questions from the Khan Academy exams/College Board Official Guide, 3rd Edition (2015), arranged both by category and by test. Note: If you are preparing for the AP English Language and Composition exam, a separate AP Edition is now available in beta form (multiple-choice reading only) at https://www.createspace.com/7045612.
Author : Doug Babington
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1770480927
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)
Download or read book The Broadview Guide to Writing, fourth edition written by Doug Babington and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2009-04-06 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Broadview Guide to Writing is a concise yet uncommonly thorough text with a fresh approach to the craft of essay writing. The first part of the book discusses the style and structure of essay writing, and includes a useful discussion of the intangibles involved in the writing process—such as confidence, perseverance, and a willingness to deal with criticism constructively. The second part of the book provides thorough coverage of grammar and usage in a comprehensive reference guide, ranging from the simplest mechanical issues (such as subject verb agreement) to subtle distinctions between words that have similar meanings. A wide range of examples is included throughout the book. The fourth edition has been extensively updated and now incorporates the 2008 changes to MLA Style guidelines for documentation. Particular attention is paid throughout to the needs of Canadian students.
Author : Anne Stilman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1599631733
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Grammatically Correct written by Anne Stilman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-06-09 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does good writing stand out? If its purpose is to convey facts, findings, or instructions, it need be read only once for its content to be clear. If its purpose is to entertain or to provoke thought, it makes readers want to come back for more. Revised and updated, this guide covers four essential aspects of good writing: • Individual words - spelling variations, hyphenation, frequently confused homonyms, frequently misused words and phrases, irregular plurals and negatives, and uses of capitalization and type style to add special meanings • Punctuation - the role of each mark in achieving clarity and affecting tone, and demonstration of how misuses can lead to ambiguity • Syntax and structure - agreement of subject and verb, parallel construction, modifiers, tenses, pronouns, active versus passive voice, and more • Style - advice on the less hard-and-fast areas of clarity and tone, including sentence length and order, conciseness, simplification, reading level, jargon and clichTs, and subtlety Filled with self-test exercises and whimsical literary quotations, Grammatically Correct steers clear of academic stuffiness, focusing instead on practical strategies and intuitive explanations. Discussions are designed to get to the heart of a concept and provide a sufficient sense of when and how to use it, along with examples that show what ambiguities or misinterpretations might result if the rules are not followed. In cases where there is more than one acceptable way to do something, the approach is not to prescribe one over another but simply to describe the options. Readers of this book will never break the rules of language again - unintentionally.
Author : Doug Babington
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1554813352
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)
Download or read book The Broadview Guide to Writing - Revised Canadian Sixth Edition written by Doug Babington and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly, writing handbooks are seen as over-produced and overpriced. One stands out: The Broadview Guide to Writing is published in an elegant but simple format, and sells for roughly half the price of its fancier-looking competitors. That does not change with the new edition; what does change and stay up-to-date is the book’s contents. For the sixth edition the coverage of APA, Chicago, and CSE styles of documentation has been substantially expanded; the MLA section has now been fully revised to take into account all the 2016 changes. Also expanded is coverage of academic argument; of writing and critical thinking; of writing about literature, of paragraphing; of how to integrate quoted material into one’s own work; of balance and parallelism; and of issues of gender, race, religion etc. in writing. The chapter “Seeing and Meaning: Reading (and Writing About) Visual Images” is entirely new to the sixth edition.
Author : Carol Fisher Saller
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226734102
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Subversive Copy Editor written by Carol Fisher Saller and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year writers and editors submit over three thousand grammar and style questions to the Q&A page at The Chicago Manual of Style Online. Some are arcane, some simply hilarious—and one editor, Carol Fisher Saller, reads every single one of them. All too often she notes a classic author-editor standoff, wherein both parties refuse to compromise on the "rights" and "wrongs" of prose styling: "This author is giving me a fit." "I wish that I could just DEMAND the use of the serial comma at all times." "My author wants his preface to come at the end of the book. This just seems ridiculous to me. I mean, it’s not a post-face." In The Subversive Copy Editor, Saller casts aside this adversarial view and suggests new strategies for keeping the peace. Emphasizing habits of carefulness, transparency, and flexibility, she shows copy editors how to build an environment of trust and cooperation. One chapter takes on the difficult author; another speaks to writers themselves. Throughout, the focus is on serving the reader, even if it means breaking "rules" along the way. Saller’s own foibles and misadventures provide ample material: "I mess up all the time," she confesses. "It’s how I know things." Writers, Saller acknowledges, are only half the challenge, as copy editors can also make trouble for themselves. (Does any other book have an index entry that says "terrorists. See copy editors"?) The book includes helpful sections on e-mail etiquette, work-flow management, prioritizing, and organizing computer files. One chapter even addresses the special concerns of freelance editors. Saller’s emphasis on negotiation and flexibility will surprise many copy editors who have absorbed, along with the dos and don’ts of their stylebooks, an attitude that their way is the right way. In encouraging copy editors to banish their ignorance and disorganization, insecurities and compulsions, the Chicago Q&A presents itself as a kind of alter ego to the comparatively staid Manual of Style. In The Subversive Copy Editor, Saller continues her mission with audacity and good humor.
Author : Rene J. Cappon
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465004024
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book The Associated Press Guide To Punctuation written by Rene J. Cappon and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the no-nonsense, authoritative tradition of the best-selling AP Stylebook, the top editors at the AP have written the definitive guide to punctuation. More people write for the Associated Press than for any other news service, and more writers take their style and word-usage cues from this world-famous institution than from any other journalism source. From the when and how of the ampersand to the rules for dashes, slashes, and brackets; from the correct moment for the overused exclamation point to the rules of engagement for the semicolon, The AP Guide to Punctuation is an invaluable and easy-to-use guide to the most important aspect of clear and persuasive writing.
Author : Laurie Rozakis
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0786534850
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (865 download)
Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Style written by Laurie Rozakis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-03-10 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A staple for adults, students, and anyone who has ever been baffled by then to use a comma--and a serial comma--The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Style contains basic chapters on the parts of speech, gradually building up to the finer points of writing, sentence structure, punctuation, creating paragraphs, and following accepted publishing styles.
Author : Don LePan
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 9781551115863
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (158 download)
Download or read book The Broadview Book of Common Errors in English - Fifth Edition written by Don LePan and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2003-04-17 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Broadview Book of Common Errors in English offers full coverage of such common mistakes as commas splices, sentence fragments, words frequently confused, words frequently misspelled, mixed metaphors, and subject-verb agreement errors. In each case the problem is clearly explained, with examples illustrating both the nature of the trouble and how to put it right. Unlike many guides to grammar and usage, The Broadview Book refrains from dogmatism; it treats correctness in English not as an unchanging objective standard laden with moral overtones, but rather as a code of convenience that is extraordinarily useful in helping humans to communicate effectively and even elegantly. It thus retains an openness to the inevitable process of change in the English language, and recognizes that change does not imply debasement. The fifth edition has been updated throughout, and includes new material on capitalization; on the connections between clear writing and clear arguments; on academic citation systems; on business writing; and on particular difficulties experienced by those whose first language is not English.
Author : Grant Barrett
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1623157153
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (231 download)
Download or read book Perfect English Grammar written by Grant Barrett and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to communicate exactly what you mean with this English writing and speaking guide From conjugating verbs to mastering punctuation to polishing your speaking skills, Perfect English Grammar makes it easier than ever to improve your grasp of grammar. Language learners of all levels can turn to this easy-to-navigate grammar guide again and again for quick and authoritative information for improving everyday communication. With this English grammar book, you'll: Never Be Wrong: Catchy examples help you remember core grammar rules. Sharpen Your Style: Composition guidelines let you express yourself fully. Look It Up: Seamless navigation makes it easy to find answers quickly. Expert guidance: Explore the tricky questions with linguist Grant Barrett's help. Perfect English Grammar helps you clearly say what you want to say‚ and the best way to say it.
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Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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Author : Rosemary Hug
Publisher : Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0787743135
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (877 download)
Download or read book Commas, Quotations, and Conversations written by Rosemary Hug and published by Milliken Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This packet offers a rich variety of reproducible standards-based assessments and is designed to help your students review comma use, quotations, and conversations. It contains grade-appropriate worksheets suitable for monitoring skill retention as well as practice and reinforcement.
Author : Henry Carr Pearson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Essentials of English written by Henry Carr Pearson and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dona J. Young
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1598589202
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)
Download or read book Which Comes First, the Comma Or the Pause? a Practical Guide to Writing written by Dona J. Young and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
