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Author | : Caroline Taggart |
Publisher | : Michael O'Mara Books |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2017-10-19 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1782438211 |
Sunday Times bestselling author Caroline Taggart brings her usual gently humorous approach to punctuation, pointing out what really matters and what doesn't.
Author | : Lynne Truss |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 2004-04-12 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1101218290 |
We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with.
Author | : Bryan A. Garner |
Publisher | : Univ of Chicago+ORM |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 2016-05-16 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 022619129X |
The authoritative guide to using the English language effectively, from “the greatest writer on grammar and usage that this country has ever produced” (David Yerkes, Columbia University). The author of The Chicago Manual of Style’s popular “Grammar and Usage” chapter, Bryan A. Garner is renowned for explaining the vagaries of English with absolute precision and utmost clarity. With The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation, he has written the definitive guide for writers who want their prose to be both memorable and correct. Garner describes standard literary English—the forms that mark writers and speakers as educated users of the language. He also offers historical context for understanding the development of these forms. The section on grammar explains how the canonical parts of speech came to be identified, while the section on syntax covers the nuances of sentence patterns as well as both traditional sentence diagramming and transformational grammar. The usage section provides an unprecedented trove of empirical evidence in the form of Google Ngrams, diagrams that illustrate the changing prevalence of specific terms over decades and even centuries of English literature. Garner also treats punctuation and word formation, and concludes the book with an exhaustive glossary of grammatical terms and a bibliography of suggested further reading and references. The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation is a magisterial work, the culmination of Garner’s lifelong study of the English language. The result is a landmark resource that will offer clear guidelines to students, writers, and editors alike. “[A manual] for those of us laboring to produce expository prose: nonfiction books, journalistic articles, memorandums, business letters. The conservatism of his advice pushes you to consider audience and occasion, so that you will understand when to follow convention and when you can safely break it.”—John E. McIntyre, Baltimore Sun
Author | : David Crystal |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1466865644 |
The triumphant concluding volume in David Crystal's classic trilogy on the English language combines the first history of English punctuation with a complete guide on how to use it. Behind every punctuation mark lies a thousand stories. The punctuation of English, marked with occasional rationality, is founded on arbitrariness and littered with oddities. For a system of a few dozen marks it generates a disproportionate degree of uncertainty and passion, inspiring organizations like the Apostrophe Protection Society and sending enthusiasts, correction-pens in hand, in a crusade against error across the United States. Professor Crystal leads us through this minefield with characteristic wit, clarity, and commonsense. In David Crystal's Making a Point, he gives a fascinating account of the origin and progress of every kind of punctuation mark over one and a half millennia and offers sound advice on how punctuation may be used to meet the needs of every occasion and context.
Author | : Philip Musson |
Publisher | : Learning Matters |
Total Pages | : 95 |
Release | : 2011-06-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0857254197 |
This concise text is written specifically to help students and practitioners hone their techniques and develop their skills when it comes to writing in a clear, accessible and, above all, rigorous manner. There are sections on good essay writing and how to construct an argument, referencing and plagiarism, and reflective and critical writing. More than just another study skills book, Effective Writing Skills for Social Work is focused on real, day-to-day practice issues and the complex academic demands faced by social work students.
Author | : Ruth Solski |
Publisher | : On The Mark Press |
Total Pages | : 65 |
Release | : 2006-01-12 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1770725008 |
Voici une série de cahiers d'exercices prêts a utiliser, en français et en anglais, pour les élèves de l'immersion française, d'ALS, de FLS et d'ALM. Enseignez-leur, révisez avec eux ou aidez-les a perfectionner leurs connaissances langagières et mathématiques de bade dans les deux langues ou dans une seule d'entre elles. Le contenu français et le contenu anglais correspondant sont présentés dans des pages adjacentes des cahiers, ce qui en facilite l'utilisation. The Build Their Skills workbooks are designed to develop a strong foundation of basic skills that promotes a child's success in future learning. Use this series to strengthen, through practice, a solid understanding of the basic concepts in writing and grammar taught in the primary grades. Each book contains high-interest work sheets that make reviewing skills easy! The skill focus is printed on the bottom of each page, and a complete answer key in included. 64 Pages
Author | : Jan Carr |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-03-05 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0823422054 |
It's the moment all the punctuation marks have been eagerly awaiting: assignment time, There are plenty of open positions for apostrophes as contractions soon there's only one job left--for a possessive--and only one apostrophe to fill it: non other than Greedy Apostrophe. It's not long before his greed gets out of hand, and he jumps into signs where he doesn't belong. What will it take to put Greedy Apostrophe back in his place? This clever and zany language arts picture book will have kids eager to learn the tricks of using an apostrophe.
Author | : Dr. N.D.V. Prasada Rao |
Publisher | : S. Chand Publishing |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9385401068 |
The Grammar Gate is an S. Chand series of eight English grammar books for the primary and middle school (classes 1-8). It offers the users a graded coverage of grammar topics wherein the concepts, usage and rules of grammar are taught clearly with the help of simple explanations, lucid examples, definitions, notes and tables.
Author | : X. J. Kennedy |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 1058 |
Release | : 2011-01-06 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 031260159X |
With its process-oriented rhetoric, provocative thematic reader, up-to-date research manual, and comprehensive handbook, The Bedford Guide for College Writers gives your students the tools they need to succeed as writers -- all in one book. Each of the book's four main components has been carefully developed to provide an engaging, well-coordinated guide for student writers. This edition's new, more open design and sharper focus on active learning do even more to help students develop transferable skills. The Bedford Guide for College Writers prepares students to be the confident, resourceful, and independent writers they will need to be.
Author | : X. J. Kennedy |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 1023 |
Release | : 2010-04 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0312667728 |
When it was first published twenty years ago, The Bedford Guide for College Writers brought a lively and innovative new approach to the teaching of writing. Since that time, authors X. J. and Dorothy M. Kennedy have won praise for their friendly tone and their view, apparent on every page of the text, that writing is the "usually surprising, often rewarding art of thinking while working with language." More recently, experienced teacher and writer Marcia F. Muth joined the author team, adding more practical advice to help all students — even those underprepared for college work — become successful academic writers. While retaining the highly praised "Kennedy touch," The Bedford Guide continues to evolve to meet classroom needs. The new edition does even more to build essential academic writing skills, with expanded coverage of audience analysis, source-based writing, argumentation and reasoning, and more.