Apostrophe catastrophe : and other grammatical grumbles / / Patrick C. Notchtree |
Autore | Notchtree Patrick C. <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stroud, [England] : , : The History Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (92 pages) |
Disciplina | 428.23 |
Soggetto topico |
Apostrophe
English language - Punctuation English language - Grammar |
ISBN | 0-7509-6672-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150518203321 |
Notchtree Patrick C. <1946-> | ||
Stroud, [England] : , : The History Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
Autore | Straus Jane |
Edizione | [Eleventh edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina | 428.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KaufmanLester
SternTom |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Grammar
English language - Punctuation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-118-79021-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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; 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 Colons |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453849003321 |
Straus Jane | ||
San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
Autore | Straus Jane |
Edizione | [Eleventh edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina | 428.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KaufmanLester
SternTom |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Grammar
English language - Punctuation |
ISBN | 1-118-79021-9 |
Classificazione | EDU029020 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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; 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 Colons |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791330003321 |
Straus Jane | ||
San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
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 |
Autore | Straus Jane |
Edizione | [Eleventh edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina | 428.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KaufmanLester
SternTom |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Grammar
English language - Punctuation |
ISBN | 1-118-79021-9 |
Classificazione | EDU029020 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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; 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 Colons |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811342103321 |
Straus Jane | ||
San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Good grammar for students [[electronic resource] /] / Howard Jackson |
Autore | Jackson Howard <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : SAGE, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (165 p.) |
Disciplina | 428.2 |
Collana | SAGE essential study skills |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Grammar
English language - Orthography and spelling English language - Punctuation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9781412902037
9786611362157 1-281-36215-8 1-84860-084-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 What Do WeMean by 'Grammar' -Good and Bad?; 2 Some Basic Terminology; 3 Matching the Bits; 4 Clauses - Main and Subordinate; 5 Sentence Arrangements; 6 Sentences into Texts; 7 Getting Your Point Across; 8 Why Can't I Rely on My Computer's Grammar checker?; 9 Spelling and Punctuation; 10 Where To Go for Further Information; Glossary; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451535003321 |
Jackson Howard <1945-> | ||
London, : SAGE, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Good grammar for students [[electronic resource] /] / Howard Jackson |
Autore | Jackson Howard <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : SAGE, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (165 p.) |
Disciplina | 428.2 |
Collana | SAGE essential study skills |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Grammar
English language - Orthography and spelling English language - Punctuation |
ISBN |
9781412902037
9786611362157 1-281-36215-8 1-84860-084-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 What Do WeMean by 'Grammar' -Good and Bad?; 2 Some Basic Terminology; 3 Matching the Bits; 4 Clauses - Main and Subordinate; 5 Sentence Arrangements; 6 Sentences into Texts; 7 Getting Your Point Across; 8 Why Can't I Rely on My Computer's Grammar checker?; 9 Spelling and Punctuation; 10 Where To Go for Further Information; Glossary; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777496403321 |
Jackson Howard <1945-> | ||
London, : SAGE, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Good grammar for students / / Howard Jackson |
Autore | Jackson Howard <1945-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : SAGE, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (165 p.) |
Disciplina | 428.2 |
Collana | SAGE essential study skills |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Grammar
English language - Orthography and spelling English language - Punctuation |
ISBN |
9781412902037
9786611362157 1-281-36215-8 1-84860-084-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 What Do WeMean by 'Grammar' -Good and Bad?; 2 Some Basic Terminology; 3 Matching the Bits; 4 Clauses - Main and Subordinate; 5 Sentence Arrangements; 6 Sentences into Texts; 7 Getting Your Point Across; 8 Why Can't I Rely on My Computer's Grammar checker?; 9 Spelling and Punctuation; 10 Where To Go for Further Information; Glossary; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820653203321 |
Jackson Howard <1945-> | ||
London, : SAGE, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Grammar, punctuation, and capitalization : a handbook for technical writers and editors / / Mary K. McCaskill |
Autore | McCaskill Mary K. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division, , 1990 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 106 pages) |
Collana | NASA SP |
Soggetto topico |
Technical writing
English language - Grammar English language - Capitalization English language - Punctuation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Handbooks and manuals. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Grammar, punctuation, and capitalization |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910713662303321 |
McCaskill Mary K. | ||
Washington, DC : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division, , 1990 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The handbook of English pronunciation / / edited by Marnie Reed, John Levis |
Autore | Reed Marnie |
Edizione | [First Edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (551 p.) |
Disciplina | 421.54 |
Collana | Blackwell handbooks in linguistics |
Soggetto topico |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
English language - Punctuation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-118-34695-5
1-118-34667-X 1-118-34680-7 1-119-05526-1 |
Classificazione | LAN009000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Table of Contents Notes on Contributors Introduction A. The History of English Pronunciation 1. The historical evolution of English pronunciation (Jeremy Smith, UK) 2. Accent as a social symbol (Lynda Mugglestone, UK) 3. History of ESL Pronunciation Teaching (John Murphy, US and Amanda Baker, Australia) B. Describing English Pronunciation 4. Segmentals (David Deterding, Brunei) 5. Syllable structure (Adam Brown, New Zealand) 6. Lexical stress in English pronunciation (Anne Cutler, The Netherlands) 7. The Rhythmic Patterning of English(es): Implications for Pronunciation Teaching (Ee Ling Low, Singapore) 8. English Intonation - Form and Meaning (Anne Wichmann, UK and John Levis, US) C. Pronunciation and Discourse 9. Connected speech (Ghinwa Alameen, Syria and John Levis, US) 10. Functions of intonation in discourse (Anne Wichmann, UK) 11. Pronunciation in the analysis of discourse (Beatrice Szczepek Reed, UK) 12. Fluency (Ron Thomson, Brock University, Canada) D. Pronunciation of the major varieties of English 13. North American English (Charles Boberg, Canada) 14. British English (Clive Upton, UK) 15. Australian/New Zealand English (Laurie Bauer, New Zealand) 16. The Pronunciation of English in South Africa (Ian Bekker, Zambia and Albertus van Rooy, Zambia) 17. Indian English Pronounciation (Pramod Pandey, India) 18. Pronunciation and World Englishes (Cecil Nelson, US and Seong-Yoon Kang, South Korea) E. Pronunciation and language acquisition 19. The acquisition of the English Sound System (Marilyn Vihman, UK) 20. Variables affecting L2 pronunciation development (Pavel Trofimovich, Sara Kennedy, Jennifer Anne Foote, Canada) F. Pronunciation Teaching 21. Intelligibility in Research and Practice: Teaching Priorities (Tracey Derwing and Murray Munro, Canada) 22. The Segmental/Suprasegmental Debate (Beth Zielinski, Australia) 23. Applying theories of learning and language to teaching pronunciation (Graeme Couper, New Zealand) 24. The pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca (Robin Walker, Spain and Wafa Zoghbor, UAE) 25. Intonation in research and practice: The importance of metacognition (Marnie Reed and Christina Michaud, US) 26. Integrating pronunciation into the language classroom (Isabelle Darcy and Laura Sicola, US) 27. Using orthography to teach pronunciation (Wayne Dickerson, US) 28. Technology and learning pronunciation (Rebecca Hincks, Sweden) Index . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910140641903321 |
Reed Marnie | ||
Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The handbook of English pronunciation / / edited by Marnie Reed, John Levis |
Autore | Reed Marnie |
Edizione | [First Edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (551 p.) |
Disciplina | 421.54 |
Collana | Blackwell handbooks in linguistics |
Soggetto topico |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
English language - Punctuation |
ISBN |
1-118-34695-5
1-118-34667-X 1-118-34680-7 1-119-05526-1 |
Classificazione | LAN009000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Table of Contents Notes on Contributors Introduction A. The History of English Pronunciation 1. The historical evolution of English pronunciation (Jeremy Smith, UK) 2. Accent as a social symbol (Lynda Mugglestone, UK) 3. History of ESL Pronunciation Teaching (John Murphy, US and Amanda Baker, Australia) B. Describing English Pronunciation 4. Segmentals (David Deterding, Brunei) 5. Syllable structure (Adam Brown, New Zealand) 6. Lexical stress in English pronunciation (Anne Cutler, The Netherlands) 7. The Rhythmic Patterning of English(es): Implications for Pronunciation Teaching (Ee Ling Low, Singapore) 8. English Intonation - Form and Meaning (Anne Wichmann, UK and John Levis, US) C. Pronunciation and Discourse 9. Connected speech (Ghinwa Alameen, Syria and John Levis, US) 10. Functions of intonation in discourse (Anne Wichmann, UK) 11. Pronunciation in the analysis of discourse (Beatrice Szczepek Reed, UK) 12. Fluency (Ron Thomson, Brock University, Canada) D. Pronunciation of the major varieties of English 13. North American English (Charles Boberg, Canada) 14. British English (Clive Upton, UK) 15. Australian/New Zealand English (Laurie Bauer, New Zealand) 16. The Pronunciation of English in South Africa (Ian Bekker, Zambia and Albertus van Rooy, Zambia) 17. Indian English Pronounciation (Pramod Pandey, India) 18. Pronunciation and World Englishes (Cecil Nelson, US and Seong-Yoon Kang, South Korea) E. Pronunciation and language acquisition 19. The acquisition of the English Sound System (Marilyn Vihman, UK) 20. Variables affecting L2 pronunciation development (Pavel Trofimovich, Sara Kennedy, Jennifer Anne Foote, Canada) F. Pronunciation Teaching 21. Intelligibility in Research and Practice: Teaching Priorities (Tracey Derwing and Murray Munro, Canada) 22. The Segmental/Suprasegmental Debate (Beth Zielinski, Australia) 23. Applying theories of learning and language to teaching pronunciation (Graeme Couper, New Zealand) 24. The pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca (Robin Walker, Spain and Wafa Zoghbor, UAE) 25. Intonation in research and practice: The importance of metacognition (Marnie Reed and Christina Michaud, US) 26. Integrating pronunciation into the language classroom (Isabelle Darcy and Laura Sicola, US) 27. Using orthography to teach pronunciation (Wayne Dickerson, US) 28. Technology and learning pronunciation (Rebecca Hincks, Sweden) Index . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910831195603321 |
Reed Marnie | ||
Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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