Prentice-Hall handbook for writers / Glenn Leggett, C. David Mead & William Charvat.
Publication details: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1978.Edition: 7th editionDescription: xxvi, 468 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0136957676
- 808.042 22 LEG
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Contents;
Introduction
Sections 1-5: Basic grammar
1. Sentence sense
2. Case
3. Tense and mood
4. Adjectives and adverbs
5. Diagraming grammatical relationships
Sections 6-14: Basic sentence faults
6. Sentence fragment
7. Comma splice CS or CF run-together or fused sentence FS
8. Faulty agreement AGR
9. Faulty reference of pronouns REF
10. Shifts in point of view PV
11. Misplaced parts MIS PT
12. Dangling modifiers DGL
13. Omissions OM incomplete and illogical comparisons
14. Awkward or confused sentences AWK
Sections 15-18
15. Manuscript form MS
16. Numbers NOS
17. Abbreviations AB
18. Syllabication
Sections 19-30: Punctuation
19. End punctuation
20-25. Internal punctuation
21. Subordinate phrases and clauses
22. Nonrestrictives; Other parenthetical elements
23. Items in a series
24. Final appositives and summaries
25. Superfluous internal punctuation
26. Punctuation of quoted material
27-30. Word punctuation
27. Italics
28. Capitals
29. Apostrophe
30. Hyphen
Sections 31-32: Larger elements
31. The whole composition Plan
32. Effective paragraphs
Sections 33-36: Effective sentences
33. Subordination
34. Variety
35. Parallelism
36. Emphasis
Section 37: Logic
Sections 38-44: Words
38. The dictionary
39. Vocabulary
40. Exactness
41. Directness
42. Appropriateness
43. Glossary of usage
44. Spelling
Sections 45-46: The library and the research paper
45. The library
46. The research paper
Sections 47-48: Writing summaries and examinations
Summaries
Examinations
Section 49: Business letters
Section 50: A glossary of grammatical terms
Index : p. 453-468.
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