Glenn, Cheryl creator Miller, Robert Keith Webb, Suzanne Strobeck Gray, Loretta text xxu New York Thomson Wadworth c2004 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xxxii, 896p.: ill.; 20cm. Contents: Writing: Reading and writing critically -- Planning and drafting essays -- Revising and editing essays -- Writing under pressure -- E-writing -- E-designing -- Writing arguments -- Finding sources online, in print, and in the field -- Evaluating sources online and in print -- Using sources responsibility -- Citing sources and submitting final papers -- Writing academic discourse -- Writing to interpret literature -- Writing in the social and natural sciences -- Writing business -- Grammar: Sentence essentials -- Phrases and clauses in sentences -- Sentence frgments -- Comma splices and fused sentences -- Modifiers -- Pronouns -- Verbs -- Effective sentences: Sentence unity -- Subordination and coordination -- Parallelism -- Emphasis -- Variety -- Diction: Good usage -- Exactness -- Conciseness -- Punctuation: The Comma -- The Semicolon -- The Apostrophe -- Quotation mark -- The Period and other punctuation marks -- Mechanics: Spelling, the spell checker, and hyphenation -- Capitals -- Italics -- Abbreviations, acronyms, and numbers. Cheryl Glenn et al ... Includes index Writing skills English language Grammar PE1408.W7714 0838403387 120808