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Apostrophe catastrophe : and other grammatical grumbles / / Patrick C. Notchtree
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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Good grammar for students [[electronic resource] /] / Howard Jackson
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
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
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Good grammar for students / / Howard Jackson
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
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Grammar, punctuation, and capitalization : a handbook for technical writers and editors / / Mary K. McCaskill
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
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The handbook of English pronunciation / / edited by Marnie Reed, John Levis
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
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The handbook of English pronunciation / / edited by Marnie Reed, John Levis
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
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