November 27th, 2007 by admin
Young and young-at-heart sticklers, unite! Lynne Truss and illustrator Bonnie Timmons provide hilarious proof that punctuation really does matter.
Illuminating the comical confusion the lowly comma can cause, this new edition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves uses lively, subversive illustrations to show how misplacing or leaving out a comma can change the meaning of a sentence completely.
This picture book is sure to elicit gales of laughterand better punctuationfrom all who read it.
Author: Lynne Truss
Hardcover: 32 pages
Company: Putnam Juvenile (2006-07-25)
ISBN: 0399244913
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November 21st, 2007 by admin
Mixed-up, mangled expressions; foreign-language faux pas; confused and confusing terms; commonly mispronounced words—they’re all explained in this useful and entertaining guide.
Author: Paul Brians
Paperback: 256 pages
Company: William James & Company (2003-03)
ISBN: 1887902899
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November 15th, 2007 by admin
In this classic, the world’s expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published.
Author: Steven Pinker
Paperback: 576 pages
Company: Harper Perennial Modern Classics (2007-09-01) (2007-09-04)
ISBN: 0061336467
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November 13th, 2007 by admin
Buon giorno! From ordering calamari in Venice to making new friends in Tuscan hill towns, it helps to speak some of the native tongue. Rick Steves, bestselling author of travel guides to Europe, offers well-tested phrases and key words to cover every situation a traveler is likely to encounter. This handy guide provides key phrases for use in everyday circumstances, complete with phonetic spelling; an English-Italian and Italian-English dictionary; the latest information on European currency and rail transportation, and even a tear-out cheat sheet for continued language practice as you wait in line at the Sistine Chapel. Informative, concise, and practical, Rick Steves’ Italian Phrase
Book and Dictionary is an essential item for any traveler’s zainetto.
Author: Rick Steves
Paperback: 224 pages
Company: Avalon Travel Publishing (2003-05)
ISBN: 1566915201
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November 13th, 2007 by admin
In its heyday, sentence diagramming was wildly popular in grammar schools across the country. Kitty Burns Florey learned the method in sixth grade from Sister Bernadette: “It was a bit like art, a bit like mathematics. It was a picture of language. I was hooked.” Now, in this offbeat history, Florey explores the sentence-diagramming phenomenon, including its humble roots at the Brooklyn Polytechnic, its “balloon diagram” predecessor, and what diagrams of famous
writers’ sentences reveal about them. Along the way Florey offers up her own commonsense approach to learning and using good grammar. Charming, fun, and instructive, Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog will be treasured by all kinds of readers, from grumpy grammarians and crossword-puzzle aficionados to students of literature and lovers of language.
Author: Kitty Burns Florey
Paperback: 176 pages
Company: Harvest Books (2007-11-05)
ISBN: 0156034433
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November 13th, 2007 by admin
A few years ago, a magazine sponsored a contest for the comment most likely to end a conversation. The winning entry? “I teach English grammar.” Just throw that line out at a party; everyone around you will clam up or start saying “whom.”
Why does grammar make everyone so nervous? Probably because English teachers, for decades – no, for centuries – have been making a big deal out of grammar in classrooms, diagramming sentences and drilling the parts of speech, clauses, and verbals into students until they beg for mercy. Happily, you don’t have to learn all those technical terms of English grammar – and you certainly don’t have to diagram sentences – in order to speak and write correct English.
So rest assured – English Grammar For Dummies will probably never make your English teacher’s top-ten list of must-read books, because you won’t have to diagram a single sentence. What you will discover are fun and easy strategies that can help you when you’re faced with such grammatical dilemmas as the choice between “I” and “me,” “had gone” and “went,” and “who” and “whom.” With English Grammar For Dummies, you won’t have to memorize a long list of meaningless rules (well, maybe a couple in the punctuation chapter!), because when you understand the reason for a particular word choice, you’ll pick the correct word automatically.
English Grammar For Dummies covers many other topics as well, such as the following:
- Verbs, adjectives, and adverbs – oh my!
- Preposition propositions and pronoun pronouncements
- Punctuation: The lowdown on periods, commas, colons, and all those other squiggly marks
- Possession: It’s nine-tenths of grammatical law
- Avoiding those double negative vibes
- How to spice up really boring sentences (like this one)
- Top Ten lists on improving your proofreading skills and ways to learn better grammar
Just think how improving your speaking and writing skills will help you in everyday situations, such as writing a paper for school, giving a presentation to your company’s big wigs, or communicating effectively with your family. You will not only gain the confidence in knowing you’re speaking or writing well, but you’ll also make a good impression on those around you!
Author: Geraldine Woods
Paperback: 384 pages
Company: For Dummies (2001-07-15)
ISBN: 0764553224
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November 13th, 2007 by admin
This convenient worktext gives students a unique approach to learning, remembering, and reviewing how to use Spanish verbs correctly. The book provides a systematic presentation and review of Spanish verb forms and explains when and why a certain verb tense should be used. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses includes an impressive number of exercises and open-ended questions, numerous conjugation charts, a list of verbs and their prepositions, and Spanish-English and English-Spanish vocabulary lists.
Author: Dorothy Richmond
Paperback: 320 pages
Company: McGraw-Hill (1996-01-11)
ISBN: 0844273341
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November 13th, 2007 by admin
This bestselling book in the Practice Makes Perfect series treats Spanish pronouns and prepositions systematically in a worktext format. Containing concise, user-friendly explanations with generous and varied practice, the book helps students develop their knowledge of how and why pronouns and prepositions are used. Plus it encourages students to use the pronouns and prepositions in real-life contexts.
Author: Dorothy Richmond
Paperback: 208 pages
Company: McGraw-Hill (1998-04-11)
ISBN: 0844273112
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November 7th, 2007 by admin
The expert advice students need is just one click away with the new
e-book for
A Writer’s Reference, Sixth Edition. Cross-references between the companion site’s
Writing, Grammar, and Research exercises and relevant e-
book content help students learn how to work with their handbook to improve their writing. Interactive “Citation at a glance” boxes provide a dynamic guide to citing sources. The new e-book allows students to bookmark the sections they use most often, add their own examples and notes, and print any material they might need when not online. Instructors can add their own content to the e-book, including documents and images, to share with their students. “MLA Papers” is available for preview. Please note that any changes, including bookmarks and notes, will not be saved in this preview version.
To request instructor access, click on the link below:
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Author: Diana Hacker
Plastic Comb: 512 pages
Company: Bedford/St. Martin’s (2006-11-23)
ISBN: 0312450257
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October 31st, 2007 by admin
Mark C. Baker investigates the fundamental nature of nouns, verbs, and adjectives. He claims that the various superficial differences found in particular languages have a single underlying source which can be used to provide better definitions of these “parts of speech”. The new definitions are supported by data from languages from every continent. Baker’s book argues for a formal, syntax-oriented, and universal approach to the parts of speech, as opposed to the functionalist, semantic, and relativist approaches that have dominated the subject.
Author: Mark C. Baker
Hardcover: 370 pages
Company: Cambridge University Press (2003-04-14)
ISBN: 0521806380
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