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"The right words are oxygen to our ideas, but the digital era, with all of its TTYL, LMK, and WTF, has been cutting off that oxygen flow. The compulsion to be precise has vanished from our culture, and in writing of every kind we see a trend towards more--more speed and more information but far less clarity. Evans provides practical examples of how editing and rewriting can make for better communication, even in the digital age. DO I MAKE MYSELF...
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"When Jovin first walked outside her Manhattan apartment building and set up a folding table with a Grammar Table sign, it took about thirty seconds to get her first visitor. Everyone had a question for her. Jovin soon took it on the road, traveling across the US to answer questions from anyone who uses words in this world. Here she tackles what is most on people's minds, grammatically speaking: from the Oxford comma to the places prepositions can...
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820L
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English
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"The witty bestseller that untangles the knottiest problems in the English language is back, in a revised fourth edition. In this expanded and updated Woe Is I, Patricia T. O'Connor combines her clear-eyed approach to English with an irreverent sense of humor to guide us through the rights, wrongs, and maybes of grammar and usage. English is a dynamic, ever-evolving language, and O'Connor explains how definitions, spellings, and pronunciations--even...
11) English essentials: what every college student needs to know about grammar, punctuation, and usage
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Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
2nd ed., Instructor annotated ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 360 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
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