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Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ...
Country of Origin
United States
Educational Level
Adult & Further Education
Personalized
No
Level
Intermediate
ISBN
9780393327236
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Publication Name
How Not to Write : the Essential Misrules of Grammar
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Item Length
0.8 in
Subject
Editing & Proofreading, Grammar & Punctuation, Authorship, Rhetoric, Composition & Creative Writing
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.1 in
Author
William Safire
Item Weight
5.7 Oz
Item Width
0.5 in
Number of Pages
162 Pages

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Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
039332723X
ISBN-13
9780393327236
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3038279073

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
162 Pages
Publication Name
How Not to Write : the Essential Misrules of Grammar
Language
English
Subject
Editing & Proofreading, Grammar & Punctuation, Authorship, Rhetoric, Composition & Creative Writing
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Author
William Safire
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
5.7 Oz
Item Length
0.8 in
Item Width
0.5 in

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Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
428
Synopsis
How Not to Write is a wickedly witty book about grammar, usage, and style. William Safire, the author of the New York Times Magazine column "On Language," homes in on the "essential misrules of grammar," those mistakes that call attention to the major rules and regulations of writing. He tells you the correct way to write and then tells you when it is all right to break the rules. In this lighthearted guide, he chooses the most common and perplexing concerns of writers new and old. Each mini-chapter starts by stating a misrule like "Don't use Capital letters without good REASON." Safire then follows up with solid and entertaining advice on language, grammar, and life. He covers a vast territory from capitalization, split infinitives (it turns out you can split one if done meaningfully), run-on sentences, and semi-colons to contractions, the double negative, dangling participles, and even onomatopoeia. Originally published under the title Fumblerules ., How Not to Write is a wickedly witty book about grammar, usage, and style. William Safire, the author of the New York Times Magazine column "On Language," homes in on the "essential misrules of grammar," those mistakes that call attention to the major rules and regulations of writing. He tells you the correct way to write and then tells you when it is all right to break the rules. In this lighthearted guide, he chooses the most common and perplexing concerns of writers new and old. Each mini-chapter starts by stating a misrule like "Don't use Capital letters without good REASON." Safire then follows up with solid and entertaining advice on language, grammar, and life. He covers a vast territory from capitalization, split infinitives (it turns out you can split one if done meaningfully), run-on sentences, and semi-colons to contractions, the double negative, dangling participles, and even onomatopoeia. Originally published under the title Fumblerules
LC Classification Number
PE1460

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