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Guide to Rapid Revision

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ISBN-10: 0321107578

ISBN-13: 9780321107572

Edition: 8th 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Daniel D. Pearlman, Paula R. Pearlman, Edward Steven Shear

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B The Seventh Edition builds upon its reputation as the most effective and economical solution to the widest variety of writing problems writers will encounter. This comprehensive guide uses the most effective teaching method there is: showing, not telling. Readers are guided to solve their writing problems almost entirely by means of typical, real-life examples. The authors maintain the brevity of previous editions and explain rhetorical principles in clear, concise language that students can easily understand and quickly implement. Even the longest sections take up only a few pages and each visually attractive page is designed to enhance the user-friendly format of the guide. Further, the…    
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Book details

List price: $41.40
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/28/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

abAbbreviations
abstAbstract Expressions
adjAdjective
advAdverb
agrAgreement
ambAmbiguity
antAntecedent (See pro)
ap, aposApostrophe
artArticle
awkAwkward
Br, [/]Brackets
CComma
CapCapitalization
CaseCase
ChoppyChoppy Sentences
ClClarity (See vague)
ClichéCliché (See trite)
CohCoherence
Colon, :/Colon
CompComparison
CoordCoordination (See sub)
CSComma Splice
DDiction
DangDangling Modifier
DashDash
DevDevelopment (See ��)
DocDocumentation
Doc/appAppendix on
Documentation Styles
Doc/bibBibliography
Doc/citIn-Text Citationse error-Ed Error in -ed Endings
Ell, �Ǡ /Ellipsis
EmEmphasis
ExExactness (See D)
ExagExaggeration (See log/gen)
Excl, !/Exclamation Point
FragFragmentary Sentence
FsFused Sentence (See RO)
GenGeneralization (See vague and log, 2)
HyHyphen
IdIdiom
IncIncomplete Construction
ItalItalics
JargJargon
LcLowercase (See cap)
LogLogic
Log/authAppeal to Authority
Log/emotAppeal to Emotion
Log/genOvergeneralization
Log/nsNon sequitur
Log/simpOversimplification
Mm, modMisplaced Modifier
MoodMood (See shift)
MsFaulty Manuscript Form (See wp)
MxMixed Construction
No ,/No Comma (See C, 6)
No ��No Paragraph Should Start Here
No PNo Punctuation Needed Here
NumNumbers
OmOmitted Word (See inc)
OrgOrganization (See coh) ��Paragraph
PPunctuation (Obvious error or omission)
Paral, //Parallelism
Paren, ( )Parentheses
PassPassive Voice
PerPeriod (See frag)
PfPeriod Fault (See frag)
PlagPlagiarism (See doc)
PossPossessive Case (See case and ap, apos)
ProPronoun Reference
PvPoint of View (See shift)
QM, ?/Question Mark
Quot, /Quotation Marks
RedRedundant (See wdy)
RefReference (See pro)
RepRepetition
RORun-On Sentence
Semi, ;/Semicolon-s error-S Error in -S Endings
SexistSexist Expression
ShiftShift in Point of View
SlangSlang
SlashSee Overuse of Slash
SpSpelling (Consult Your Dictionary)
SplitSplit Infinitive
SSSentence Structure (See awk)
StringyStringy Sentences (See sub)
SubSubordination
TTense
TitlesTitles (See quot, 3)
TransTransitions
TriteTriteness
UndUnderlining (See ital)
UnityUnity (See ��)
UsUsage (See d)
VagueVagueness
VarVariety in Sentence Patterns
VbVerb Form (See T, 2)
VoiceVoice (See pass)
WcWord Choice (See D)
WdyWordiness
WPWord Processing
WwWrong Word
Words Often Misused:
A Glossary (See also D)
XObvious Error
Index