
eBook - ePub
The Everything Grammar and Style Book
All you need to master the rules of great writing
- 352 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
The Everything Grammar and Style Book
All you need to master the rules of great writing
About this book
Good grammar is as critical to a successful personal and professional life as good grooming. Yet many struggle to master the basics. Enter this straightforward and entertaining book, which will teach even the worst grammarphobes how to write crystal-clear emails, professional-sounding letters, or articulate term papers.
Completely revised and updated, this edition of an Everything bestseller includes:
Completely revised and updated, this edition of an Everything bestseller includes:
- Steps to mastering difficult punctuation
- Effective revision techniques
- Tips for clear and concise writing
- Lists of commonly misspelled and misused words
- Brand-new exercises, called Checkpoint, at the end of each chapter
- E-Links: Web sites for spelling rules, style help, and interactive quizzes
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Appendix A: 999 of the Most Commonly Misspelled Words
- abdicate
- absence
- academically
- accelerator
- accessible
- acclaim
- acclimated
- accommodate
- accompanied
- accomplish
- accordion
- accumulate
- achievement
- acknowledge
- acoustics
- acquaintance
- acquitted
- acute
- adequately
- adjacent
- adjective
- admission
- admittance
- adolescent
- adultery
- advantageous
- adverb
- advertisement
- aerial
- aerobic
- aggravate
- algebraic
- alleged
- allegiance
- alliance
- alliteration
- allotting
- almanac
- already
- altogether
- amateur
- ambassador
- among
- analogy
- analysis
- analyze
- anecdote
- angl...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- THE EVERYTHING® GRAMMAR AND STYLE BOOK
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Top Ten Reasons for Using this Book
- Introduction
- What's in a Word?
- Cracking the Code of Punctuation
- More Fun with Punctuation
- Punctuation Pairs
- Wrapping It All Up
- Parts of Speech — the Big Eight
- More Pieces of the Puzzle
- Let's Have a Few Words
- Pertinent Points about Pesky Pronouns
- Figuring Out Some Finicky Forms
- Keeping It Coherent
- Shaping Strong Sentences
- In Plain English, Please
- Putting Pen to Paper
- The Final Dress Rehearsal
- Maximizing Your Means of Expression
- Getting Personal
- Literary Terms You Need to Know
- Latin — Alive and Kicking!
- Foreign Languages in Everyday American English
- Appendix A: 999 of the Most Commonly Misspelled Words
- Appendix B: Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes
- Appendix C: Suggested Substitutes for Wordy Phrases
- Appendix D: Checkpoint Answers
- THE SERIES!