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This text is inclusive enough to serve as a reference tool for the student long after the course is over, since no course can cover all the writing concerns students will encounter once they are actually on the job.-Pref.
The Fifth Edition includes new electronic resource coverage, updated topics and new access features.
Peter Adams, founder of the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP), introduces The Hub: A Place for Reading and Writing, the first and only hybrid digital and print course materials developed specifically for corequisite and ALP first-year ...
the world of work and the global marketplace, a new section on working remotely, and an exercise requiring students to ... to follow when writing for social media and other e-communications and writing effectively in the medium, ...
Developed by a legendary author team with decades of combined academic and professional experience, the book's intuitive, alphabetical organization makes it easy to navigate its extensive coverage of grammar, usage, and style.
This ebook has been updated to provide you with the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021).
The MLA Style Manual has been the standard guide for graduate students, teachers, and scholars in the humanities and for professional writers in many fields. The second edition contains several...
Through all of its years, this text has been committed to showing students how reading, analytic, argumentative, and research skills are interrelated and how these skills combine to develop each student’s critical thinking ability.
INCORRECT In 1992 , McKay and his coauthors argued that the atmosphere of Mars was salmon pink . CORRECT In 1992 , McKay and his coauthors argued that the atmosphere of Mars is salmon pink . Although the argument was made in the ...
Engaging Questions: A Guide to Writing takes a practical approach to composing, with a view that good writing occurs in the context of critical thinking.