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Summary: 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:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.2 JOVCurzan, Anne
Summary: "A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Curzan. Our use of language naturally evolves and is a living, breathing thing that reflects who we are. Says Who? offers clear, nuanced guidance that goes beyond "right" and "wrong" to empower us to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2024
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Summary: This deluxe edition contains the complete contents of "The Little Red Writing Book" and "The Little Gold Grammar Book." Whereas writing is based on principles - in which writing is deemed better or worse, more effective or less effective - grammar is based on rules, in which writing is deemed right or wrong, correct or incorrect. With coverage of the most useful writing principles and the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maven Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.042 ROYBooher, Dianna Daniels.
Summary: Proper use of the written and spoken word determines whether or not you move ahead in your career. In this book, business communication guru Dianna Booher identifies the top 101 mistakes made in e-mails, presentations, and converstaions every day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.2 BOOGood, C. Edward.
Summary: This inviting book introduces readers anew to the eight parts of speech and common grammatical problems, the tension between nouns and verbs, the controversy of the active versus passive voice, and the power of a verb-based style.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capital Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.2 GOOPinker, Steven
Summary: " A short and entertaining book on the modern art of writing well by New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media?Do the kids today even care about good writing? Why should any of us care? In The Sense of Style, the bestselling linguist and cognitive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: This new edition of Painless Grammar provides students with a lighthearted, step-by-step approach to understanding English grammar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 428.007 ELLLeggett, Glenn H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall 1988
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Summary: A style manual for English speakers on both sides of the Atlantic identifies the common mistakes and correct usage of everything from dangling participles to transitive verbs. Our language is changing, literary levels are declining, and our grasp of grammar is at a crisis point. From commas to colons, apostrophes to adverbs, there are countless ways we can make mistakes when writing or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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Summary: Harry Evans has edited everything from the urgent files of battlefield reporters to the complex thought processes of Henry Kissinger. He's even been knighted for his services to journalism. In DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?, he brings his indispensable insight to us all in his definite guide to writing well. The right words are oxygen to our ideas, but the digital era, with all of its TTYL, LMK, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 EVAPennebaker, James W.
Summary: Draws on groundbreaking research in computational linguistics to explain what language choices reveal about feelings, self-concept, and social intelligence, in a lighthearted treatise that also explores the language personalities of famous individuals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press 2011