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Title:
The Handy English grammar answer book / Christine A. Hult.
Author:
Hult, Christine A., author.
Publication Information:
Detroit : Visible Ink Press, [2016]
Call Number:
PE1112 .H845 2016
ISBN:
9781578595204
Series:
"Handy" series

Handy answer book series.
Physical Description:
xii, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Roots of Modern English -- 2. The English Language and Language Change -- 3. Important Grammatical Concepts and Terms -- 4. Sentence Structure -- 5. Spelling Correctly -- 6. Using Punctuation Correctly -- 7. Using Mechanics Correctly -- 8. Writing Effective and Correct Sentences -- 9. Using Words Effectively and Correctly -- 10. Academic Writing -- 11. Writing in Sciences and Technology -- 12. Writing in Social Sciences -- 13. Writing in the Arts and Humanities -- 14. Business Writing -- 15. Learning English as a Second Language -- 16. English in the Electronic Age -- Bibliography -- Appendix A. Irregular Verb Chart -- Appendix B. Idiomatic Expressions -- Appendix C. Homophones -- Appendix D. English Prepositions -- Appendix E. Misused Homophones -- Appendix F. Frequently Misspelled Words -- Appendix G. Wordy Phrases -- Appendix H. Frequently Confused Word Pairs -- Appendix I: Twenty Common Grammar Gremlins and How to Fix Them -- Appendix J. Famous Quotations on Writing and Grammar -- Appendix K. Model Papers -- Appendix L. Model Bibliography Styles -- Index.
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