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Pocket Style Manual: Updated With Mla's 1999 Guidelines
ISBN: 9780312247522 | 0312247524
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Bedford/st Martins
Pub. Date: 3/1/1999
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| Clarity | p. 1 |
| Tighten wordy sentences | p. 2 |
| Prefer active verbs | p. 3 |
| Balance parallel ideas | p. 5 |
| Add needed words | p. 7 |
| Eliminate confusing shifts | p. 8 |
| Untangle mixed constructions | p. 10 |
| Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers | p. 11 |
| Provide some variety | p. 14 |
| Find an appropriate voice | p. 16 |
| Grammar | p. 20 |
| Make subjects and verbs agree | p. 21 |
| Be alert to other problems with verbs | p. 25 |
| Use pronouns with care | p. 32 |
| Choose adjectives and adverbs with care | p. 40 |
| Repair sentence fragments | p. 42 |
| Revise run-on sentences | p. 45 |
| If English is not your native language, check for common ESL problems | p. 48 |
| Punctuation | p. 56 |
| The comma | p. 57 |
| The semicolon and the colon | p. 65 |
| The apostrophe | p. 69 |
| Quotation marks | p. 71 |
| Other marks | p. 75 |
| Mechanics | p. 80 |
| Capitalization | p. 81 |
| Abbreviations, numbers, and italics (underlining) | p. 83 |
| Spelling and the hyphen | p. 88 |
| Research Sources | p. 93 |
| Finding print and online sources | p. 94 |
| Evaluating library and Internet sources | p. 101 |
| MLA Papers | p. 105 |
| Supporting a thesis | p. 106 |
| Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism | p. 109 |
| Integrating nonfiction sources | p. 112 |
| Integrating literary quotations | p. 118 |
| MLA documentation style | p. 122 |
| MLA manuscript format | p. 138 |
| Sample MLA pages | p. 140 |
| APA Papers | p. 142 |
| Supporting a thesis | p. 143 |
| Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism | p. 144 |
| Integrating sources | p. 148 |
| APA documentation style | p. 153 |
| APA manuscript format | p. 161 |
| Sample APA pages | p. 165 |
| Chicago-Style Papers | p. 168 |
| Supporting a thesis | p. 169 |
| Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism | p. 170 |
| Integrating sources | p. 174 |
| Chicago documentation style | p. 178 |
| Chicago manuscript format | p. 189 |
| Sample Chicago pages | p. 191 |
| Glossaries | p. 195 |
| Glossary of usage | p. 196 |
| Glossary of grammatical terms | p. 206 |
| A List of Style Manuals | p. 214 |
| A Writer's Online Resources | p. 217 |
| Index | p. 220 |
| Checklist for Global Revisions | |
| Revision Symbols | |
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