When words collide : a media writer's guide to grammar and style / Lauren Kessler and Duncan McDonald
Imprint
Belmont, California : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000
Edition
5th ed
Descript
x, 230 p.; 23 cm
CONTENT
Understanding grammar and style: What you don't know will hurt you -- Parts of speech -- The sentence -- Agreement-rules, exceptions and common sense -- Case -- Passive voice -- Punctualtion -- Spelling -- Clarity, conciseness, coherence -- Style -- Sense and sensitivity -- Topical guide to grammar and word use