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Rules for Writers: A Brief Handbook

ISBN: 9780312241421 | 0312241429
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bedford/st Martins
Pub. Date: 12/1/1999

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Table of Contents
The Writing Process1(76)
Generating ideas; sketching a plan
2(21)
Roughing out an initial draft
23(6)
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Making global revisions; then revising sentences
29(7)
Building effective paragraphs
36(41)
Student essays
57(20)
Document Design77(24)
Principles of document design
78(8)
Academic and business formats
86(8)
Model MLA essay format
87(3)
Business letter
90(2)
Resume
92(1)
Memo
93(1)
Electronic documents
94(7)
Sample e-mail
97(2)
Sample Web page
99(2)
Clarity101(66)
Coordination and subordination
102(8)
Parallel ideas
110(5)
Needed words
115(4)
Mixed constructions
119(4)
Misplaced and dangling modifiers
123(8)
Shifts
131(4)
Emphasis
135(6)
Variety
141(3)
Wordy sentences
144(5)
Appropriate language
149(11)
Exact words
160(7)
Grammar167(76)
Sentence fragments
168(8)
Run-on sentences
176(9)
Subject-verb agreement (is or are, etc.)
185(12)
Pronoun-antecedent agreement (singular or plural)
197(4)
Pronoun reference (clarity)
201(5)
Pronoun case (I or me, etc.)
206(6)
Who and whom
212(4)
Adjectives and Adverbs
216(5)
Standard English verb forms
221(13)
Verb tense, mood, and voice
234(9)
ESL Grammar243(28)
Special problems with verbs
243(12)
The articles a, an, and the
255(6)
Other trouble spots
261(10)
Punctuation271(48)
The comma
272(13)
Unnecessary commas
285(6)
The semicolon
291(5)
The colon
296(3)
The apostrophe
299(4)
Quotation marks
303(7)
End punctuation
310(3)
Other punctuation marks: the dash, parentheses, brackets, the ellipsis mark, the slash
313(6)
Mechanics319(28)
Abbreviations
320(3)
Numbers
323(3)
Italics (underlining)
326(3)
Spelling
329(8)
The hyphen
337(4)
Capital letters
341(6)
Argument347(18)
Building a case
348(7)
Avoiding mistakes in reasoning
355(10)
Sample argument paper
361(4)
Research Guide365(108)
Conducting research
367(17)
Evaluating sources
384(4)
Managing information
388(7)
Planning and drafting
395(3)
Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism
398(4)
Integrating information from sources
402(6)
Revising your draft
408(2)
MLA documentation
410(38)
APA and other styles
448(25)
The Basics473(30)
Parts of Speech
474(10)
Sentence patterns
484(7)
Subordinate word groups
491(8)
Sentence types
499(4)
Glossary of Usage503(14)
Answers to Tutorials and Lettered Exercises517(16)
Index533

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