The Little, Brown essential handbook
By: Jane E. Aaron, Elaine Bander
Contributors: Bander, Elaine, 1946-
Edition: 4th Canadian ed.
Publisher: Pearson Canada
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780205784332; 9780205009190
Subjects: English language; Handbooks, manuals; Grammar; Rhetoric; Report writing; Anglais (Langue); Guides, manuels; Grammaire; Rhétorique; Rapports; Rédaction
Notes: Previous Canadian eds. published under title: The Little, Brown essential handbook for writers.

Accompanied by access code card in envelope.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Academic writing. Features of academic writing; title: The writing situation; title: The writing process; title: Designing documents.; title: pt. 2. Effective sentences. Emphasis; title: Conciseness; title: Parallelism; title: Variety and details; title: Appropriate words; title: Exact words.; title: pt. 3. Grammatical sentences. Verbs; title: Pronouns; title: Modifiers; title: Sentence faults.; title: pt. 4. Punctuation. The comma; title: The semicolon; title: The colon; title: The apostrophe; title: Quotation marks; title: End punctuation; title: Other marks.; title: pt. 5. Spelling and mechanics. Spelling and the hyphen; title: Capital letters; title: Italics or underlining; title: Abbreviations; title: Numbers.; title: pt. 6. Research and documentation. Developing a research strategy; title: Finding sources; title: Evaluating and synthesizing sources; title: Integrating sources into your text; title: Avoiding plagiarism and documenting sources; title: MLA documentation and format; title: APA documentation and format; title: Chicago documentation and format; title: CSE and IEEE documentation.; title: pt. 7. Other forms of communication. Writing online; title: Making oral presentations; title: Writing for business.