A pocket style manual /

Used by nearly a quarter million students each year, A Pocket Style Manual is a straightforward, inexpensive quick reference, with content flexible enough to suit the needs of writers in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, health professions, business, fine arts, education, and beyond. Its sl...

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Main Author: Hacker, Diana, 1942-2004
Other Authors: Sommers, Nancy I., Carbajal Van Horn, Marcy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2012]
Edition:6th ed.
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505 0 |a Tighten wordy sentences -- Prefer active verbs -- Balance parallel ideas -- Add needed words -- Eliminate confusing shifts -- Untangle mixed constructions -- Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers -- Provide sentence variety -- Find an appropriate voice -- Make subjects and verbs agree -- Be alert to other problems with verbs -- Use pronouns with care -- Use adjectives and adverbs appropriately -- Repair sentence fragments -- Revise run-on sentences -- Review grammar concerns for multilingual writers -- The comma -- The semicolon and the colon -- The apostrophe -- Quotation markes -- Other marks -- Capitalization -- Abbreviations, numbers, and italics -- Spelling and hyphen -- Posing a research question -- Finding appropriate sources -- Evaluating sources -- Managing information; avoiding plagarism -- Supporting a thesis -- Avoiding plagarism -- Integrating nonfiction sources -- Integrating literary quotations -- MLA documentation style -- MLA manuscript format; sample pages -- APA papers. Supporting a thesis -- Avoiding plagarism -- Integrating sources -- APA documentation style -- APA manuscript format; sample pages -- Chicago papers. Supporting a thesis -- Avoiding plagarism -- Integrating sources -- Chicago documentation style -- Chicago manuscript format; sample pages -- CSE documentation style -- CSE manuscript format -- Glossary of usage -- Glossary of grammatical terms -- Index -- Documentation directories -- Charts and lists for quick reference -- Checklist for global revision -- List of excerpts from student papers -- Visiting the writing center -- Revision symbols. 
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