Bedford Basics A Workbook for Writers

Name: Bedford Basics A Workbook for Writers
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ISBN: 9780312154578

ISBN-10: 0312154577

ISBN-13: 9780312154578

Edition: 3rd 1998 (Workbook)

Authors: Diana T. Hacker, Wanda Van Goor

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Book details

List price: $37.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 4/15/1998
Binding: Comb Bound
Pages: 435
Size: 9.25" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English




The Writing Process



Generating ideas; sketching a plan



Roughing out an initial draft



Making global revisions; revising sentences



Choosing a document design



Constructing Paragraphs



Focusing on a main point



Developing the main point



Improving coherence



Clear Sentences



Coordination and subordination



Parallelism



Needed words



Mixed constructions



Misplaced and dangling modifiers



Shifts



Emphasis



Variety



Word Choice



Wordy sentences



Appropriate language



Exact Words



Grammatical Sentences



Sentence fragments



Run-on sentences



Subject-verb agreement (is or are, etc.)



Pronoun-antecedent agreement (singular or plural)



Pronoun reference (clarity)



Pronoun case (I or me, etc.)



Who or whom



Adjectives and adverbs (good or well, etc.)



Standard English verb forms



Verb tense, mood, and voice



ESL Trouble Spots



Special problems with verbs



The articles a, an, and the



Other trouble spots



Punctuation



The comma



Unnecessary commas



The semicolon



The colon



The apostrophe



Quotation marks



End punctuation



Other punctuation marks: the dash, parentheses, brackets, the ellipsis mark, the slash



Mechanics



Abbreviations



Numbers



Italics (underlining)



Spelling



The hyphen



Capital letters



Grammar Basics



Introduction



Parts of speech



Sentence patterns



Subordinate word groups



Sentence types


Glossary of Usage


Answers to Tutorials, Guided Practice, and Preview Exercises


Index