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Essentials of English / Vincent F. Hopper, Cedric Gale, Ronald C. Foote ; revised by Benjamin W. Griffith.

By: Hopper, Vincent F. (Vincent Foster), 1906-1976Contributor(s): Gale, Cedric, 1905- | Foote, Ronald C | Griffith, Benjamin W | Hopper, Vincent F. (Vincent Foster), 1906-1976. Essentials of effective writingMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, c2010Edition: 6th edDescription: xvi, 240 p. ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780764143168 (pbk.); 0764143166 (pbk.)Subject(s): English language -- Grammar -- Examinations -- Study guides | English language -- Rhetoric -- Examinations -- Study guidesLOC classification: PE1112 | .H64 2010
Partial contents:
The word : The noun ; The pronoun ; The verb ; The adjective and the adverb ; The verbal ; Prepositions and conjunctions ; Sentence connectors ; The interjection -- The sentence and its parts : The subject and the predicate -- Sentence errors : Sentence fragments ; Run-on sentence: comma fault ; The fused sentence -- Logic and clarity : Agreement of subject and verb ; Agreement of pronoun and antecedent ; Faulty pronoun reference ; Case ; Dangling modifiers ; Misplaced modifiers ; Split constructions ; Faulty comparison ; Omission of necessary words -- Emphasis, consistence, and appropriateness : Emphasis ; Consistency ; Variety -- Punctuation : Terminal punctuation ; The comma ; Misuse of the comma ; The semicolon ; The colon ; The dash ; The hyphen ; The apostrophe ; Parentheses and brackets ; Quotations and quotation marks ; Italics -- The paragraph : The paragraph defined -- The writer's approach to the subject : Select and adapt a subject with care ; Determine your fundamental purpose in writing ; Gather and record your material ; Make a plan of your writing ; Write the essay from the plan ; Begin and end the paper properly ; Adopt an appropriate mood, tone, and manner ; Avoid wordiness ; In descriptive writing use a principle of organization ; In persuasive writing use logical arguments and avoid fallacies ; Writing about literature ; Writing a resume ; Preparing a manuscript -- Glossary of words and phrases frequently misused -- Which prepositions go with which verbs? -- Conjugations and principal parts.
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"Formerly published as: Essentials of effective writing"--T.p. verso.

"A practical handbook covering all the rules of English grammar and writing style"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The word : The noun ; The pronoun ; The verb ; The adjective and the adverb ; The verbal ; Prepositions and conjunctions ; Sentence connectors ; The interjection -- The sentence and its parts : The subject and the predicate -- Sentence errors : Sentence fragments ; Run-on sentence: comma fault ; The fused sentence -- Logic and clarity : Agreement of subject and verb ; Agreement of pronoun and antecedent ; Faulty pronoun reference ; Case ; Dangling modifiers ; Misplaced modifiers ; Split constructions ; Faulty comparison ; Omission of necessary words -- Emphasis, consistence, and appropriateness : Emphasis ; Consistency ; Variety -- Punctuation : Terminal punctuation ; The comma ; Misuse of the comma ; The semicolon ; The colon ; The dash ; The hyphen ; The apostrophe ; Parentheses and brackets ; Quotations and quotation marks ; Italics -- The paragraph : The paragraph defined -- The writer's approach to the subject : Select and adapt a subject with care ; Determine your fundamental purpose in writing ; Gather and record your material ; Make a plan of your writing ; Write the essay from the plan ; Begin and end the paper properly ; Adopt an appropriate mood, tone, and manner ; Avoid wordiness ; In descriptive writing use a principle of organization ; In persuasive writing use logical arguments and avoid fallacies ; Writing about literature ; Writing a resume ; Preparing a manuscript -- Glossary of words and phrases frequently misused -- Which prepositions go with which verbs? -- Conjugations and principal parts.

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