num_pages: 174
description: If you make a grammatical mistake, you might never know it--but your boss, you teacher, or your client will. And they won't forget it.This easy-to-use handbook contains 101 simple rules that will help make students' writing letter-perfect—without the headache of complicated jargon.Students and other readers of Grammar 101 will find dozens of useful tools and exercises herein, and will · How to notice slips between its and it's; their and they're—and other common mistakes no spell-checker will catch· How fragments, double negatives, and run-on sentences weaken one's writing· The distinctions between lie and lay, sit and set, rise and raise, and other frequently confused words· Why it's easy to eliminate one of the most common mistakes in the English language—the misplaced apostrophe· How to put punch into one's punctuation and grace into one's grammar with the dozens of tools and exercises the this bookThe book that gives you well-groomed writing without wasting your time, Grammar 101 deserves a place in your briefcase, bookshelf , or bookbag.
language: English
title: Grammar 101
titlecomplete: Grammar 101
ratings_count: 4
publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks