a workbook for writers Hacker, Diana 1942-2004 creator Van Goor, Wanda 1927- text mau Boston Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 1998 3a ed. monographic eng

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375 p. ; 28cm Generate ideas and sketch a plan -- Rough out an initial draft -- Make global revisions: think big -- Revise and edit sentences; proofread the final draft -- Focus on a main point -- Develop the main point -- Link sentences to sentences, paragraphs to paragraphs -- Coordinate equal ideas; subordinate minor ideas -- Balance parallel ideas -- Add needed words -- Untangle mixed constructions -- Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers -- Eliminate distracting shifts -- Emphasize your point -- Provide some variety -- Tighten wordy sentences -- Choose appropriate language -- Find the exact words -- Repair sentence fragments -- Revise comma splices and fused sentences -- Make subjects and verbs agree -- Make pronouns and antecedents agree -- Make pronoun references clear -- Use personal pronouns and nouns in the proper case -- Use who and whom in the proper case -- Choose adjectives and adverbs with care -- Choose standard English verb forms -- Use verbs in the appropriate tense, mood, and voice -- Be alert to special problems with verbs -- Use the articles a, an, and the appropriately -- Be aware of other potential trouble spots -- The comma -- Unnecessary commas -- The semicolon -- The colon -- The apostrophe -- Quotation marks -- End punctuation -- Other punctuation marks: the dash, parentheses, brackets, the ellipsis mark, the slash -- Abbreviations -- Numbers -- Italics (underlining) -- Spelling -- The hyphen -- Capital letters -- Manuscript preparation -- Parts of speech -- Sentence patterns -- Subordinate work groups -- Sentence types. Diana Hacker, Wanda Van Goor English language Rhetoric Handbooks, manuals, etc English language Grammar Handbooks, manuals, etc Inglés Gramática Inglés Retórica Manuales Inglés Gramática Problemas, ejercicios, etc PE 1408 H118be 1998 428.2 0312154577 060907 20230410130458.0 18234