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Prentice Hall Reference Guide to Grammar and Usage
Fourth Edition
by Muriel Harris
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- NEW—Open, easy access design which includes tabs that have key questions to help reference specific sections of the book.
- New design makes it easier for students to find the information they are looking for by examining the tools and techniques of online research; using, evaluating and documenting Internet sources; and World Wide Web search engines and websites—including a list of useful web addresses.
- NEW—Features four chapters on the Internet and on-line research, including evaluating on-line sources.
- Arms students with all the tools/advice they need to effectively conduct on-line research.
- NEW—Interactive Companion Website including self-graded practice questions for each chapter and additional material on doing on-line research (contained in the website).
- Offers students additional practice with immediate feedback, as well as a centralized web-location from which to launch their on-line research.
- NEW—The most current job-search resources—Including information on scannable résumés, new samples and more discussion of cover-letter writing.
- Prepares students for writing in the professional world as well as in the academic world.
- NEW—Includes MLA, APA, Chicago Manual and CBE documentation styles as well as electronic sources in MLA and APA style.
- Students are fully supported in writing across all disciplines.
- NEW—Numerous revised exercises—Making it one of the few brief handbooks which include exercises in the text.
- Offers proofreading practice with paragraphs on high-interest topics and pattern practice opportunities to incorporate rules into students' own sentences.
- NEW—Devotes an entire section to English as a Second Language—including all-new coverage of American style in writing—then supports these discussions by integrating frequent ESL tips throughout the remainder of the book.
- Non-native speakers receive directed, useful, and consistent advice on writing in English.
- Compare and Correct and Question and Correct sections guide students to the information they need.
- Helps writers locate the section of the book they need, avoiding the need to know grammatical terminology, in section headings as well as explanations.
- Presents clear, concise discussions; frequent Hints boxes and frequently asked student questions.
- User-friendly approach develops confident, independent writers.
- Revision checklists analyze both larger concerns and later, grammatical concerns.
- Provides a proven, systematic method for checking papers.
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