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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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Subjects:
English language > Rhetoric > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Report writing > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language > Grammar > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.