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UNINA9910453849003321 |
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Straus Jane |
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The blue book of grammar and punctuation : an easy-to-use guide with clear rules, real-world examples, and reproducible quizzes / / Jane Straus, Lester Kaufman, authors ; edited with new material by Tom Stern |
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San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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[Eleventh edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (226 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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English language - Grammar |
English language - Punctuation |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Grammar; Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects; Definitions; Noun; Verb; Subject; Subject-Verb Agreement; Singular vs. plural verbs; Finding subjects before phrases beginning with of; With or, either/or, and neither/nor; Two singular subjects; One singular and one plural subject; With such portions as percent, fraction, part, etc.; With here or there; With distances, periods of time, sums of money, etc.; With collective nouns; The subjunctive mood; Clauses and Phrases; Definitions |
ClauseIndependent clause; Dependent clause; Phrase; Pronouns; Definition: Pronoun; Subject pronouns; As the subject of the sentence; Renaming the subject; When who refers to a personal pronoun; Object pronouns; Subject and verb agreement with who, that, and which; Who vs. Whom; He/him method; Common whom pitfall; Whoever vs. Whomever; Who, That, Which; Who, that, and which with people, groups, and things; That with essential clauses; Which with nonessential clauses; When which can be used with essential clauses; |
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Adjectives and Adverbs; Definitions; Adjective; Adverb; When to add -ly |
Sense verbs: taste, smell, look, feel, etc.Good vs. well; Well as an adjective when referring to health; Comparisons, such as -er vs. -est and more vs. most; This, that, these, and those; Prepositions; Definition: preposition; Ending a sentence with a preposition; As, as if, as though, the way; Of vs. have; Different from vs. different than; In vs. into; Effective Writing; Overuse of there is, there are, it is, it was, etc.; Double negatives; Parallel construction; Dangling modifiers; Misplaced modifiers; Fragments; Chapter 2 Punctuation; Periods; With complete sentences |
With abbreviations at the end of a sentenceReplacing periods with question marks and exclamation points; Commas; To separate three or more items; To separate adjectives; With two independent clauses; Run-on sentences or comma splices; Joined by connectors such as and, or, but, etc.; When the subject does not appear in front of the second verb; With introductory words; To set off interrupting expressions; With names; With dates; With city and state; With Jr. and Sr.; With degrees and titles; Starting a sentence with a dependent clause vs. an independent clause |
With nonessential words, clauses, and phrasesWith quotations; To introduce or interrupt quotations; Following quotations; To separate statements from questions; To separate contrasting parts of a sentence; With certain introductory words; When followed by a series of items; When the series of items ends with etc.; Semicolons; To replace a period in two closely linked sentences; With such words as namely, however, therefore, etc., when they; introduce a complete sentence; With sufficiently identified noun; To avoid confusion where commas already exist; With sentences that have multiple clauses |
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A revised and updated new edition of the bestselling workbook and grammar guide The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is a concise, entertaining workbook and guide to English grammar, punctuation, and usage. This user-friendly resource includes simple explanations of grammar, punctuation, and usage; scores of helpful examples; dozens of reproducible worksheets; and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar to students of all ages. Appropriate for virtually any age range, this authoritative guide makes learning English grammar and usage simple and fun. This updated Elevent |
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UNINA9910154743303321 |
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Autore |
Mostow G. Daniel |
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Strong Rigidity of Locally Symmetric Spaces. (AM-78), Volume 78 / / G. Daniel Mostow |
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Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] |
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©1974 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (205 pages) |
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Annals of Mathematics Studies ; ; 247 |
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Riemannian manifolds |
Symmetric spaces |
Lie groups |
Rigidity (Geometry) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- §1. Introduction -- §2. Algebraic Preliminaries -- §3. The Geometry of χ : Preliminaries -- §4. A Metric Definition of the Maximal Boundary -- §5. Polar Parts -- §6. A Basic Inequality -- §7. Geometry of Neighboring Flats -- §8. Density Properties of Discrete Subgroups -- §8. Density Properties of Discrete Subgroups -- § 10. Pseudo Isometries of Simply Connected Spaces with Negative Curvature -- §11. Polar Regular Elements in Co-Compact Γ -- § 12. Pseudo-Isometric Invariance of Semi-Simple and Unipotent Elements -- §13. The Basic Approximation -- §14. The Map ∅̅ -- §15. The Boundary Map ∅0 -- §16. Tits Geometries -- §17. Rigidity for R-rank > 1 -- §18. The Restriction to Simple Groups -- §19. Spaces of R-rank 1 -- §20. The Boundary Semi-Metric -- §21. Quasi-Conformal Mappings Over K and Absolute Continuity on Almost All R-Circles -- §22. The Effect of Ergodicity -- §23. R-Rank 1 Rigidity Proof Concluded -- §24. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Backmatter |
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Locally symmetric spaces are generalizations of spaces of constant curvature. In this book the author presents the proof of a remarkable phenomenon, which he calls "strong rigidity": this is a stronger form of the deformation rigidity that has been investigated by Selberg, Calabi- |
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Vesentini, Weil, Borel, and Raghunathan.The proof combines the theory of semi-simple Lie groups, discrete subgroups, the geometry of E. Cartan's symmetric Riemannian spaces, elements of ergodic theory, and the fundamental theorem of projective geometry as applied to Tit's geometries. In his proof the author introduces two new notions having independent interest: one is "pseudo-isometries"; the other is a notion of a quasi-conformal mapping over the division algebra K (K equals real, complex, quaternion, or Cayley numbers). The author attempts to make the account accessible to readers with diverse backgrounds, and the book contains capsule descriptions of the various theories that enter the proof. |
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