Shortcuts For The Student Writer

Puzzled by punctuation? Groaning over grammar?.

YOU NEED SHORTCUTS. . .

When you're a student, writing an assignment that's due tomorrow, you don't have time to flip through a massive grammar textbook or study a style and usage guide. You need "Shortcuts for the Student Writer," the ultimate all-in-one reference source with fast and easy answers to all your writing questions. Everything you need to know--grammar, style, usage, and punctuation--is here in one quick-reference volume. Designed especially for the student writer, this handy guide even includes special sections on researching and writing term papers and essays.. .

The Smartest Way to Avoid Stupid Mistakes.

Find quick answers to the most common questions: "Its" or "it's"? "There," "they're," or "their"? "Good" or "well"? "Lay" or "lie"? "All right" or "alright"?. .

The Fastest Way to Check Grammar and Punctuation.

Learn when to capitalize, abbreviate, or italicize--and how to use periods, commas, colons, semicolons, dashes, quotation marks, and parentheses.. .

The Easiest Way to Fix Faulty Sentences.

Discover simple solutions for run-on sentences, tangled sentences, dangling modifiers, shifting tenses, sentence fragments, and other errors.. .

The Best Way to Organize and Research a Paper.

Take advantage of the latest tools and technologies to create an effective work that's well written, well developed, and well documented.. .

ALSO INCLUDES an essential index of Internet resources, databases, online news sources, electronic texts, search engines, subject directories, and reference books.. .

Jay Silverman has received national fellowships and anHonors Program Award for Excellence in Teaching at Nassau Community College. Elaine Hughes taught writing for over 25 years--in colleges, business seminars, and creativity workshops. Diana Roberts Wienbroer has taught writing for more than 30 years and served as chair of the English Department of Nassau Community College.. . . .

Based on the popular textbook "Rules of Thumb," this handy quick-reference guide has been designed for use by students or anyone else in need of writing advice. It's an all-in-one, at-aglance resource that provides fast, concise answers to common questions about: Grammar Punctuation Style Usage Formal Correspondence E-mails Memos Proposals Resumes Searching the Web Creating templates Editing And more