Dreyer's English : good advice for good writing (adapted for young readers) Benjamin Dreyer.
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TextPublisher: New York Delacorte Press, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 287 p 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780593176801; 9780593176818; 9780593176832Subject(s): English language -- Rhetoric -- Juvenile literature | Exposition (Rhetoric) -- Juvenile literature | English language -- Grammar -- Juvenile literature | English language -- Usage -- Juvenile literature | English language -- Errors of usage -- Juvenile literatureAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Dreyer's EnglishDDC classification: 808.042 LOC classification: PE1429 | .D74 2021| Item type | Current location | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library (CL) | Central Library (CL) | Lincoln Corner | 808.042 DRE (Browse shelf) | Not for loan | LC-67 |
Includes index.
The stuff in the front . The life-changing magic of tidying up (your prose) -- Assorted things to do (and not to do) with punctuation -- 2, 3, go: the treatment of numbers -- A little grammar is a dangerous thing -- The realities of fiction -- The stuff in the back. Notes on, amid a list of, frequently and/or easily misspelled words -- Pet peeves -- The confusables -- Notes on proper nouns -- The trimmables -- The miscellany -- Outro: by the way of conclusion -- Things I like.
"An informative and witty guide to writing and grammar, written especially for a younger audience"-- Provided by publisher.
Ages 10 up Delacorte Press.
HB
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