The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
An Easy-to-use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-world Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes
Jane Straus(Author)
Jossey-Bass (Publisher)
10th Edition
Published on 15. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-470-22268-3 (ISBN)
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Description
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is filled with easy-to-understand rules,real-world examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre- and post-tests. This handy workbook is ideal for teachers, students in middle school through college, ESL students, homeschoolers, and professionals. Valuable for anyone who takes tests or writes reports, letters, Web pages, e-mails, or blogs, The Blue Book offers instant answers to everyday English usage questions.
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Edition
10th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
516 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-22268-3 (9780470222683)
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The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes
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Persons
Jane Straus created the popular Web site www.Grammarbook.com , which offers additional self-scoring, downloadable quizzes, video lessons, and a weekly online newsletter full of helpful tips. Jane was also a personal life coach and the author of Enough Is Enough ! from Jossey-Bass.
Content
Acknowledgments. About the Author. Foreword by Mignon Fogarty (Grammar Girl). Introduction. 1 Grammar. Finding Subjects and Verbs. Subject and Verb Agreement. Pronouns. Who vs. Whom. Whoever vs. Whomever. That vs. Which. Adjectives and Adverbs. Problems with Prepositions. EffectiveWriting. 2 Confusing Words and Homonyms. 3 Punctuation. Spacing with Punctuation. Periods. Ellipsis Marks. Commas. Semicolons. Colons. Question Marks. Exclamation Points. Quotation Marks. Parentheses. Apostrophes. Hyphens. Dashes. 4 Capitalization. 5 Writing Numbers. 6 Quizzes. Grammar Pretest. Grammar Mastery Test. Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Pretest. Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Mastery Test. 7 Answers to Quizzes. Grammar Pretest. Grammar Mastery Test. Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Pretest. Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Mastery Test.