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Write right! : a desktop digest of punctuation, grammar, and style / Jan Venolia.
Author
Venolia, Jan
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
3rd ed.
Published/Created
Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press/Periwinkle Press, ©1995.
Description
153 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
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Firestone Library - Scribner Library
PE1112 .V4 1995
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English language
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Grammar
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English language
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Punctuation
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English language
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Summary note
Written to be a constant desktop companion, Write Right! simplifies the most important points of the English language. Quotations from literature and popular culture add a humorous note while illustrating proper and improper usage; an expanded section on confused and abused words untangles the usage of commonly mangled words and phrases. --From publisher's description.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-142) and index.
Contents
Who, me? Learn to write better?
Punctuation pointers
Mechanics
Grammatical guidelines
Style
Confused & abused words.
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ISBN
0898156769 ((paper))
9780898156768 ((paper))
0898156920 ((spiral))
9780898156928 ((spiral))
LCCN
95001568
OCLC
31971974
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