The art of styling sentences / Ann Longknife,

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's Educational Series, 2012Edition: Fifith editionDescription: xvi, 158 pages. ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780764147838 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

428.2 23 T

LOC classification:

PE1441 .L57 2012

Other classification:

LAN005000

Summary: "Conventions of writing style change in subtle ways with passing years--a fact that prompts the need for periodic revisions of books like this one. The authors review the fundamentals of good sentence structure and then go on to describe twenty basic sentence patterns that encompass virtually every effective way of writing sentences in English. They also draw on passages by current prominent writers, using these examples to show how varying rhythm and sentence patterns can result in elegant writing styles that keep their readers interested. Exercises with answers and explanations appear throughout the text"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library A7	English Department	428.2 T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00015620

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Conventions of writing style change in subtle ways with passing years--a fact that prompts the need for periodic revisions of books like this one. The authors review the fundamentals of good sentence structure and then go on to describe twenty basic sentence patterns that encompass virtually every effective way of writing sentences in English. They also draw on passages by current prominent writers, using these examples to show how varying rhythm and sentence patterns can result in elegant writing styles that keep their readers interested. Exercises with answers and explanations appear throughout the text"-- Provided by publisher.

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