Excuse Me, Your Participle''s Dangling - How to Use Grammar to Make Your Writing Powers Soar

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Catherine DePino is the author of four books about bullying. Blue Cheese Breath and Stinky Feet: How to Deal with Bullies, a chapter book published by APA, has been translated into different languages and is widely used in bully prevention programs. Her parenting book, Who Says Bullies Rule?: Common Sense Tips to Help Your Kids Cope, gives parents practical tools to help children overcome bullying. She also wrote Real Life Bully Prevention for Real Kids, a teacher resource book. Additionally, Catherine wrote many grammar/writing books for teachers to use in their classrooms. Catherine holds a doctorate from Temple University and has served as an English teacher and department head in the Philadelphia School District and as a student teaching supervisor for Temple University. View her website and contact her at www.catherinedepino.com. Klappentext Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling will give you all the bare essentials of grammar that you need to write like a pro. If you're a businessperson, college student, or ESL student seeking a user-friendly grammar book that aims to make you a better writer, this book is for you! Zusammenfassung Excuse Me, Your Participle’s Dangling will give you all the bare essentials of grammar that you need to write like a pro. If you’re a businessperson, college student, or ESL student seeking a user-friendly grammar book that aims to make you a better writer, this book is for you! Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Verbs: The Lifeblood of Sentences2. How to Build a Sentence from Start to Finish3. Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences: Big Time Blunders Corrected4. Adjectives and Adverbs: How to Use Them Wisely5. Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers: How to Identify and Avoid Them6. Commas, Part I: How They Help Sentences Make Sense7. Comma, Part II: How to Punctuate Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Clauses and Phrases8. The Rest of the Punctuation Marks: All You Need to Know9. Agreement Problems: How to Spot and Solve Them10. Words Often Confused: How to Get Them Straight11. Writing Style: What It Is and How to Get It12. How to Write Under Pressure Using a Foolproof Plan...

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Depino, Catherine S. DePino, DePino Catherine
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2013
• EAN: 9781475802771
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-0277-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; Education, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, EDUCATION / Essays, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary & pronunciation, Teaching of a specific subject, Creative writing & creative writing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics, grammar;Writing