Writing
Grammar, Usage and Style
2nd Edition
Published on 29. May 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-7645-6393-5 (ISBN)
Description
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Series
Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Foster City
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
224 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7645-6393-5 (9780764563935)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Jean Eggenschwiler, MA is a graduate of U. C. Berkeley and Stanford University. She has taught English and Composition in high school and worked as a business editor and writer. Emily Dotson Biggs is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and Murray State University. She is currently an adjunct instructor at Paducah Community College and Murray State University and has taught English to students from kindergarten to college.
Content
Introduction. Chapter 1: NOUNS. Chapter 2: VERBS. Chapter 3: PRONOUNS. Chapter 4: MODIFIERS: ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS. Chapter 5: PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, AND INTERJECTIONS. Chapter 6: PHRASES, CLAUSES, AND SENTENCES. Chapter 7: COMMON SENTENCE ERRORS. Chapter 8: PERIODS, QUESTION MARKS, AND EXCLAMATION POINTS. Chapter 9: COMMAS, SEMICOLONS, AND COLONS. Chapter 10: DASHES, PARENTHESES, AND QUOTATION MARKS. Chapter 11: IDIOMS, CLICHES, JARGON, and FADDISH language. Chapter 12: COMPOUND WORDS AND WORDINESS. Chapter 13: PREWRITING: HOW TO BEGIN A WRITING ASSIGNMENT. Chapter 14: PREWRITING: HOW TO RESEARCH AND ORGANIZE. Chapter 15: WRITING. Chapter 16: REVISING AND EDITING. CQR Review. CQR Resource Center. GLOSSARY. Appendix: FREQUENTLY CONFUSED WORDS. Index.