a writer's guide to crafting killer sentences Casagrande, June 1966- creator text cau Berkeley [Calif.] Ten Speed Press c2010 2010 1st ed. monographic eng

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ix, 214 pages ; 18 cm. "This humorous writing book from grammar columnist June Casagrande focuses on the sentence as the unit of meaning in writing, showing writing students and professional writers alike how to craft bold, effective, reader-serving sentences"--Provided by publisher. The sentence : the writer's most important tool Who cares? Making sentences meaningful to your reader Conjunctions that kill : subordination Movable objects : understanding phrases and clauses Size matters : short versus long sentences Words gone wild : sentences that say nothing, or worse Words gone mild : choosing specific words over vague ones A frequently overstated case : the truth about adverbs Are your relatives essential? Relative clauses Antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers : prepositional phrases Dangler danger : participles and other danglers The writing was ignored by the reader : passives You will have been conjugating : other matters of tense The being and the doing are the killing of your writing : nominalizations The the : not-so-definite definite articles The writer and his father lamented his ineptitude : unclear antecedents To know them is to hating them : faulty and funky parallels Taking the punk out of punctuation : the problem with semicolons and parentheses You don't say : descriptive quotation attributions Trimming the fat : expressions that weigh down your sentences The major overhaul : streamlining even the most problematic sentences On breaking the 'rules" : knowing when to can the canons June Casagrande. Includes index. English language Sentences Problems, exercises, etc English language Paragraphs Problems, exercises, etc English language Rhetoric Problems, exercises, etc Inglés Oraciones Problemas, ejercicios, etc Inglés Composición y ejercicios Inglés Párrafos Problemas, ejercicios, etc Inglés Retórica Problemas, ejercicios, etc PE 1441 C334i 2010 808/.042076 9781580087407 158008740X http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2009040410-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2009040410-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2009040410-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2009040410-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2009040410-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2009040410-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2009040410-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2009040410-t.html DLC 090930 20250530113149.0 eng