TY - BOOK AU - Dreyer,Benjamin TI - Dreyer's English: good advice for good writing (adapted for young readers) SN - 9780593176801 AV - PE1429 .D74 2021 U1 - 808.042 23 PY - 2021/// CY - New York PB - Delacorte Press KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Juvenile literature KW - Exposition (Rhetoric) KW - Grammar KW - Usage KW - Errors of usage N1 - 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; Ages 10 up; Delacorte Press N2 - "An informative and witty guide to writing and grammar, written especially for a younger audience"-- ER -