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010			_a 2007927404
020			_a9780312452766 (spiral bound : student ed.)
020			_a0312452764 (spiral bound : student ed.)
020			_a9780312485733 (tabbed student ed.)
020			_a0312485735 (tabbed student ed.)
040			_aEG-NcFUE _cEG-NcFUE _dEG-NcFUE _beng _erda
050	0	0	_aPE1408 _b.H277 2008
082	0	4	_222 _a808.02 _bH.D.R
100	1		_aHacker, Diana, _d1942-2004.
245	1	0	_aRules for writers / _cDiana Hacker ; contributing authors, Nancy Sommers, Tom Jehn, Jane Rosenzweig ; contributing ESL specialist, Marcy Carbajal Van Horn.
250			_asixth edition
264		1	_aBoston : _bBedford/St. Martin's, _c[2008]
264		4	_c©2008
300			_axxxvi, 615 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [617-618]) and index.
505	0		_aWriting process: Generate ideas and sketching a plan; Roughing out an initial draft; Making global revisions, then revising sentences; Building effective paragraphs -- Document design: Principles of document design; Academic formats; Business formats -- Clarity: Active verbs; Parallel ideas; Needed words; Mixed constructions; Misplaced and dangling modifiers; Shifts; Emphasis; Variety; Wordy sentences; Appropriate language; Exact words -- Grammar: Sentence fragments; Run-on sentences; Subject- verb agreement (is or are, etc.); Pronoun-antecedent agreement (singular or plural); Pronoun reference (clarity); Pronoun case (I or me, etc.); Who and whom; Adjectives and adverbs; Standard English verb forms, tenses, and moods -- ESL challenges: Verbs; Articles (a, an, the) and types of nouns; Sentence structure; Prepositions and idiomatic expressions -- Punctuation: Comma; Unnecessary commas; Semicolon; Colon; Apostrophe; Quotation marks; End punctuation; Other punctuation marks, the dash, parentheses, brackets, the ellipsis mark, the slash -- Mechanics: Abbreviations; Numbers; Italics (underlining); Spelling; Hyphen; Capital letters -- Academic writing: Writing about texts; Constructing reasonable arguments; Evaluating arguments -- Research: Conducting research; Evaluating sources; Managing information, avoiding plagiarism -- Writing MLA papers: Supporting a thesis; Citing sources, avoiding plagiarism; Integrating sources; Documenting sources; MLA manuscript format, sample paper -- Writing APA papers: Supporting a thesis; Citing sources, avoiding plagiarism; Integrating sources; Documenting sources; APA manuscript format, sample paper -- Basics: Parts of speech; Sentence patterns; Subordinate word groups; Sentence types -- Glossary of usage -- Answers to tutorials and lettered exercises.
520			_aWhen you have a question as you write, you want quick, practical advice in language you can understand. [This book] has the advice you need. Because you will write in almost every college course, it's a tool about writing, research, and grammar any time of day or night.-Back cover.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xRhetoric _vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xGrammar _vHandbooks, manuals, etc. _96082
650		0	_aReport writing _vHandbooks, manuals, etc. _913200
700	1		_aSommers, Nancy I.
700	1		_aJehn, Thomas Robert.
700	1		_aRosenzweig, Jane.
700	1		_aCarbajal Van Horn, Marcy.
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