The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is filled with easy-to-understand rules,real-world examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre- and post-tests. This handy workbook is ideal for teachers, students in middle school through college, ESL students, homeschoolers, and professionals. Valuable for anyone who takes tests or writes reports, letters, Web pages, e-mails, or blogs, The Blue Book offers instant answers to everyday English usage questions.
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The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is filled with easy-to-understand rules,real-world examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre- and post-tests.
The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need is the ideal resource for everyone who wants to produce writing that is clear, concise, and grammatically excellent.
A single-volume reference for professional writers provides rules for all major styles including AP, MLA, APA and Chicago Manual of Style while offering an A-to-Z section explaining commonly confused terms. Original. 10,000 first printing.
Harlow, Essex, UK: Pearson Education, 1999. Brown, Goold. The Grammar of English Grammars. 10th ed. New York: William Wood, 1851. Chalker, Sylvia, and Edmund S. C. Weiner. The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar.
Terrified of using "who" when a "whom" is called for? Do you avoid the words "affect" and "effect" altogether? Grammar Girl is here to help! Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a.
1. to treat harshly or with contempt, in any manner whatsoever; mistreat, victimize, cheat, betray, etc.; damage. [The 1961 quotation is euphemistic.] 1961 J.A. Williams Night ... 1988 S. Gray How's thatfor Telling 'em, Fat Lady? ii.
Offers a helpful and easy guide to the rules of grammar via simple memory tricks designed to improve and strengthen business communications, presentations, emails, and letters. Original.
4.9.1 A (full) situation which is located anterior to t0 is a bygone situation. (See further below). There are two absolute tenses that may be used to refer to such a situation: the absolute past tense and the present perfect tense.
This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled.