The Broadview Book of Common Errors in English: A Guide to Righting Wrongs - Couverture souple

LePan, Don

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1551115867 ISBN 13 : 9781551115863

Editeur : Broadview Press, 2003

Synopsis

The Broadview Book of Common Errors in English offers full coverage of such common mistakes as commas splices, sentence fragments, words frequently confused, words frequently misspelled, mixed metaphors, and subject-verb agreement errors. In each case the problem is clearly explained, with examples illustrating both the nature of the trouble and how to put it right. Unlike many guides to grammar and usage, The Broadview Book refrains from dogmatism; it treats correctness in English not as an unchanging objective standard laden with moral overtones, but rather as a code of convenience that is extraordinarily useful in helping humans to communicate effectively and even elegantly. It thus retains an openness to the inevitable process of change in the English language, and recognizes that change does not imply debasement.

The fifth edition has been updated throughout, and includes new material on capitalization; on the connections between clear writing and clear arguments; on academic citation systems; on business writing; and on particular difficulties experienced by those whose first language is not English.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Don LePan is also the author of a study of medieval and Shakespearean literary plots as reflections of habits of thought, The Cognitive Revolution in Western Culture, and (with Doug Babington) of The Broadview Guide to Writing, third edition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Broadview Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1551115867
• ISBN 13: 9781551115863
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 316
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible