Things Your Grammar Never Told You

List of contents

1. Simple Sentences.

Clarity.

Variety.

Correctness.

2. A Few Words About Words.

How Words Make Meaning.

How Usage Changes Words.

Glossary of Usage.

3. Punctuation Lite.

Don't Guess! Look it Up!

Commas.

Semicolons.

Colons Apostrophes.

Quotation Marks.

Other Punctuation.

Proofreading Marks.

4. Details, Details.

Sensible Spelling.

Miscellaneous Mechanics.

5. Your Documentation, Please.

MLA.

APA.

Chicago.

Research.

General Advice on Manuscript Format.

6. A Little Grammar (Never Hurt Anyone).

Should You Skip This Chapter?

If You Decide to Read This Chapter.

Parts of Speech.

Parts of Sentences.

Index.

Summary

'Things Your Grammar Never Told You' is designed to delight and instruct, to attract students with its humour, and to support teachers with its essential editing advice. A pocket-size handbook, it provides clear explanations laced with wit and illustrated with funny examples that model good editing and writing practices.

Product details

• Authors: Janice Neuleib, Maurice Scharton
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2001
• EAN: 9780205329731
• ISBN: 978-0-205-32973-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 200 g
• Series: Longman; Longman
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics