Harbrace college handbook / John C. Hodges and Mary E. Whitten ; with Suzanne S. Webb.
By: Hodges, John C. (John Cunyus)
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Contributor(s): Whitten, Mary E [author] | Webb, Suzanne S [author].
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BookPublisher: San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986Edition: Tenth edition.Description: xvii, 553 pages ; 19 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0155318519.Subject(s): English language -- Grammar -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | English language -- Rhetoric -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Report writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 808.042 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 808.042 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00126461 |
Spine title: Hodges' Harbrace college handbook.
Includes index.
Grammar -- Sentence sense -- Sentence fragments -- Comma Splice and Fused Sentence -- Adjectives and Adverbs -- Case -- Agreement -- Verb Forms -- Mechanics -- Manuscript Form -- Capitals -- Italics -- Abbreviations, Acronyms, Numbers -- Punctuation -- The comma -- Superfluous Commas -- The semicolon -- The apostrophe -- Quotation marks -- The period and other marks -- Spelling and diction -- Spelling and hyphenation -- Good usage and glossary -- Exactness -- Wordiness and Needless Repetition -- Omission of Necessary Words -- Effective sentences -- Sentence Unity -- Subordination and Coordination -- Misplaced parts, dangling modifiers -- Parallelism -- Shifts -- Reference of Pronouns -- Emphasis -- Variety -- Larger elements -- Logical thinking -- The paragraph -- The whole composition -- The research paper -- Business Writing -- Grammatical terms.