A writer's guide : easy ground rules for successful written English /
| Основен автор: | Walpole, Jane. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. :
Prentice-Hall,
c1980.
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| Серия: |
A Spectrum book
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Съдържание:
- What this book is all about. You and this book ; Grammar and writing ; Grammar, usage, and mechanics
- How to talk about grammar. Some preliminary concepts ; A minimum of definitions ; Word chunks : sentences and clauses ; Word chunks : phrases ; A reprise
- The independent clause. Clauses and other fragments ; Clause subjects ; Noun modifiers ; Clause predicates ; Clause verbs ; Verb modifiers ; Expansion through modification ; Time out
- Grammatical punctuation. A note on punctuation ; Punctuating noun modifiers ; Punctuating verb modifiers ; Another reprise and a proviso ; Other internal punctuation ; Joining independent clauses
- Cutting and pasting. Combining clauses ; A peek underneath ; Sentences in context ; Sentence sequences
- Styling your sentences. Parallelism ; Forms seen but not heard ; Some tips on style
- Sampling the nitty-gritty. Verbs and verb phrase ; Agreement ; Mechanical punctuation ; A few pointers on spelling ; A writer's bookshelf.