The Handy English grammar answer book
By: Christine A. Hult
Series: "Handy" series; Handy answer book series
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9781578595204
Subjects: Punctuation; Grammar; English language; Handbooks, manuals
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface and acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: 1. The roots of modern English; title: 2. The English language and language change; title: 3. Important grammatical concepts and terms; title: 4. Sentence structure; title: 5. Spelling correctly; title: 6. Using punctuation correctly; title: 7. Using mechanics correctly; title: 8. Writing effective and correct sentences; title: 9. Using words effectively and correctly; title: 10. Academic writing; title: 11. Writing in sciences and technology; title: 12. Writing in social sciences; title: 13. Writing in the arts and humanities; title: 14. Business writing; title: 15. Learning English as a second language; title: 16. English in the electronic age; title: Bibliography; title: Appendix A. Irregular verb chart; title: Appendix B. Idiomatic expressions; title: Appendix C. Homophones; title: Appendix D. English prepositions; title: Appendix E. Misused homophones; title: Appendix F. Frequently misspelled words; title: Appendix G. Wordy phrases; title: Appendix H. Frequently confused word pairs; title: Appendix I: Twenty common grammar gremlins and how to fix them; title: Appendix J. Famous quotations on writing and grammar; title: Appendix K. Model papers; title: Appendix L. Model bibliography styles; title: Index.