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English
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For years, Richard Lederer has enthralled fans of the English language with his keen insights, commonsense advice, and witty presentation. Now Lederer has teamed up with Richard Dowis to take readers on another journey through the world's most wonderful, albeit perplexing, language. How many times have we all heard the word viable used in company meetings? Lederer and Dowis show us how "viable," somewhere along the line, was extracted from medical...
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LearningExpress
Language
English
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Provides an easy 20-step guide to improve writing skills. Each step takes just 20 minutes a day. Includes pre-test and post-test to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses and show progress. Features hundreds of exercises in test format, additional resources and tips for preparing for important standardized tests and free online practice reading exercises that allow you to receive immediate scoring and detailed answer explanations, as well as focus study...
Author
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Written primarily for high school seniors and college freshmen, this book emphasizes the simple logic underlying correct grammar and clear expression. The author covers all parts of speech and correct sentence structure. Known for many years as Barron's Easy Way Series, the new editions of these popular self-teaching titles are now Barron's E-Z Series. Brand-new cover designs reflect all new page layouts, which feature extensive...
Author
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Reviews basic grammar, including parts of speech, sentence structure, and subject-verb agreement; provides a manual of usage, instruction on writing paragraphs and research papers, and how to develop one's own style; and includes exercises and a test.
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Language
English
Description
"A witty, informative guide to writing from Random House's longtime copy chief and one of Twitter's leading language gurus. We all write, all the time: books, blogs, emails. Lots and lots of emails. And we all want to write better. Benjamin Dreyer is here to help. As Random House's copy chief, Dreyer has upheld the standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He is beloved by authors and editors alike--not to mention his followers...
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English
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Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammar—but she's also determined to make the process as painless as possible. One year ago, she created a weekly podcast to tackle some of the most common mistakes people make while communicating. More than seven million episodes have now been downloaded, and Mignon has dispensed grammar tips on Oprah and appeared on the pages of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal,
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Viking
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing? Why should any of us care? In The Sense of Style, linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking the usage guide for the 21st century, Pinker doesn't carp about the decline of language or recycle pet peeves from the rulebooks of...
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English
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Build a strong foundation in the basics of English! Pelletier links together important concepts by clear explanations, appropriate exercises, and helpful answers.
The quickest route to learning a language is through a solid grounding in the basics. So what you won't find in 'Easy English Step-by-Step' is a lot of endless drills. Instead, this book features an original, step-by-step approach to learning English based on the way people naturally acquire...
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