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Essentials of English (Barron's Essentials of English)BUY FROM AMAZON.COM
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Usually ships in 24 hours  (8 customer reviews)Buy New: $8.79 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours EDITORIAL REVIEWUpdated and expanded, this popular writer's style manual covers the basics of effective communication. It includes rules of English grammar and sentence structure, punctuation, word usage in correct contexts, and advice on adapting one's writing style to different assignments, both for classroom and business use. In classrooms the program contained in this book can constitute a course, proceeding from easy to more complex ideas. More advanced instruction covers topics that include logic, clarity, emphasis, consistency, and punctuation, and ends with advice on handling larger elements of language, such as paragraphs and full essays. PRODUCT DETAILSPublisher: Barron's Educational SeriesPub. Date: 1st September 2000 Catalog: Book Media: Paperback Number Of Pages: 288 Ean: 9780764113673 Isbn: 0764113674 ABOUT THIS BOOKUSER REVIEWS
I am an prose editor and short-story writer. Barron's is par exellence. Needless to say, I have many references, but what separates Barron's from the rest is its concise accumulation of many topics. I could have saved a lot of $$ had I known about it earier. I do not find it boring nor overbearing. It is a reference book, period.
This 'quick and dirty' little guide to English takes what you would have expected to be a big thick highschool textbook into a small, easy to read, yet complete course in communicating in English. Beyond high school English, the book gives examples of the practical use of the language. As a writer, I think I know the language (college degrees and all that stuff) but when I am unsure of some point, this is where I turn. It is quick and concise, easy to find what you need, and tells you what you want to know. At $10 retail, and usually available at a lot less than that, this is a 'don't miss.'
This book's name falls short of the actual excellent information it contains to guide writers and would-be writers into taking advantage of the best of their possibilities through step-by-step pointing out of common errors, from all angles, and clean ways out of them to produce perfect texts. A "must" for all writers' libraries. Salvador Oria aka Argie, Buenos Ayres.
'Essentials of English' is a great resource book to have on hand should you be uncertain if you are expressing yourself correctly in the written word. It is very concise, and while a bit 'dry', does not waste time in teaching you what you should know about the English language. But I am worried that I won't be able to remember what I am trying to remember from this book. I fear that no matter how hard I try, it is not sinking in and I just can't get it right. So while the book is excellent, I myslef am a failure on many counts.
This was the worst example I have ever come across. I'm a college student and this set of books is what we have been using in english to brush up on grammer. As you may notice mine is still awful. My entire class is extreamy frustrated and highly dissapointed with this poor excuse of a tex/work book. I think it is wort nothing more than 0 stars!!! SIMILAR ITEMS: |
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