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For those who value correct grammar, Anne Stilman has written the definitive guide. She holds you to her high grammatical standards, and clearly explains how to follow the rules. There are chapters on "Spelling," "Punctuation," "Grammar," and "Style," and Stilman patiently elucidates the rules of colons, brackets, and plural formations, while gracefully tackling the common misuses of "lie" versus "lay." Her illustrative examples bring the stickiest lessons home. Quoting from Woody Allen, Vikram Seth, Mark Twain, and other likable authors, issues of pronoun choice, parallelism, and ellipses come clear. Although Stilman cuts no slack on errors, she concedes that grammar evolves. While she suggests that you avoid splitting infinitives, she also believes you shouldn't introduce excessive awkwardness merely to conform to a rule that was dogmatically decreed years ago for no particular reasons of clarity or merit.
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Now in a friendly, accessible format, Writer's Digest's bestselling grammar guide! With Grammatically Correct, readers will be able to solve their grammar dilemmas quickly. This revised edition is:
* Value priced in a handy format, letting readers get the best and most crucial grammar instruction easily and affordably
* Clearly organized, with added appendices and glossaries for quick reference, making it easy to navigate
* Packed with time-tested instruction for all types of writers, with the same appeal, authority, and sound advice as the original
Comprehensive in its coverage of punctuation, spelling, structure, style, usage, and grammar, Grammatically Correct provides the foundations of grammar in the ultimate easy-to-use format.
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hey cool lil english reference book.......2007-07-29
works well in tight spots.
wish it would give a sequential grammer -figures of speech
This book mostly delivers what it promises........2007-03-28
I bought this book because I was looking for a guide to grammar and some of its trickier aspects. This book is direct and fairly thorough. It addresses many of the problems that people have with spelling, pronoun-antecedent agreement, punctuation use, etc. The instruction is concise and nearly always contains both incorrect examples and corrected examples of the particular topics. Some topics even include exercises to test the reader's knowledge.
I would have liked to have seen more exercises, but the book would serve its intended purpose just as well if it had no exercises at all.
This is a great book for brushing up on some of the finer points of grammar.
Unbelievable essential reference. I had no idea how much i would use this........2007-03-10
Unbelievable essential reference. I had no idea how much i would use this.
Grammatically Correct.......2007-02-15
The book came in a timely fashion and was in good order. Thanks
Fantastic!.......2007-01-25
I work as an editor-in-chief for a website. When I was first hired, I bought this book as a reference for creating and defining editorial standards for the website.
The book is informative, and also incredibly interesting! I'm a huge lover of words and writing, and for me, the background of certain rules were a great added touch.
The book is thorough; detailed; well-thought out and presented. I use it weekly; sometimes daily.
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No matter how expert, few writers can do without a good guide to the basic mechanics of writing. This book equips users to write first drafts of themes and papers that fulfill the requirements of good style. More than 100 exercises give opportunities for practise. The handy appendix shows current conventions for punctuating footnotes, bibliographies, and personal and business letters, making this a valuable reference for anyone who wants to write clear English.
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Intelligent design? Here, at least........2007-06-15
Extremely focused and accessible. Succinct and true to its title ("essentials"); does not try cover too much and thereby lose potency.
Exercises are well designed: consecutive sentences build on one another and form a narrative (vs. unrelated, unconnected sentences). Within exercises correct sentences are interspersed with incorrect, keeping students on their toes. Many exercise sentences are taken from authentic sources.
Lessons are illustrated clearly with target and non-target forms side by side for easy comparison. Good sentence level and paragraph level variation.
Answer-key in the back = lagniappe.
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Makes learning grammar fun!.......2000-04-21
Not just another dry grammar book, this book has fun activities that will have you hunting for parts of speech and grammatical errors. There is everything from art projects to scavenger hunts. In addition to the parts of speech, you will learn about common errors made in the English language. Great book!
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Teaching Grammar and Mechanics provides diagnostic grammar and mechanics tests, administered to the whole class, which enables 4th--8th grade teachers to differentiate instruction with 72 targeted worksheets. A full year of sentence lifting lessons with standards-based mechanics, spelling, and grammar skills along with quick teacher prompts for the grammatically-challenged are in this user-friendly three-ring binder book.
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When should "whom" be used instead of "who"? What's a semicolon for? What's the difference between "farther" and "further"? Organized for quick reference, this guide covers every grammar issue, including:
• Parts of speech
• Subject-verb agreement
• Components of a sentence
• Punctuation
• Shifts in tense
• Commonly confused words
• Prefixes, suffixes, and roots
• Guide to avoiding offensive language
This handy and concise guide makes grammar and English usage easy.
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- You will write like an expert if you use this book!
- The only grammar reference you will ever need!
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English Simplified : Grammar, Punctuation, Mechanics & Spelling, Usage, Paragraphs & Documentation
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English Simplified (11th Edition)
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You will write like an expert if you use this book!.......2001-03-03
I got my first copy of this book in college, and ordered the 8th edition some time ago. It is ESSENTIAL reference material for anyone who wants to write CORRECTLY and USE the English language correctly. Your writing will improve, and a great side effect is that everyone will think you are incredibly smart! Get and USE this book! Those of us who cringe at the continuous abuse of the English language will thank you!
The only grammar reference you will ever need!.......2000-05-11
I am a technical writer with a Bachelors degree in English. I picked up this book in college, and I still use it to this day. Many grammars are lengthy and exhaustive, but this book's light weight and logical break-down of grammar make it the ultimate reference. Whether you are a struggling student, or a professional writer, you need this reference on your bookshelf.
A workbook is also available, which follows this reference to the letter.
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Elementary school teachers have begun to rethink how children learn about spelling and punctuation and what the role of the school should be in that process. You Kan Red This! is a comprehensive handbook for K-6 teachers that answers questions like these:
- How can I integrate spelling and punctuation into writing?
- How do I know if my students are learning and improving?
- Can (or should) I throw out the spelling books?
- How can I show that invented spelling works?
- When, if ever, should I tell kids how to spell words?
- Are there ways to focus on spelling and punctuation that won't be boring?
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The Spelling Dilemma.......2000-07-28
Wilde's book is an excellent resource for teachers that are looking for a whole language approach for spelling and phonics. Being a teacher, we are constantly looking for new and inventive approaches in our classroom. Similarily, we all have issues with district curriculum, principals, colleagues, etc... that force us to adhere to "what everyone else is doing." Well, who says that everyone else is right or is knowledgable with the resources that are available? From this book, the reader is able to absorb opposing methods of giving the dreaded spelling test on Fridays. Wilde discusses different approaches in preparing our students for spelling and phonics. There are alternatives to those workbook pages. We want to remember that our students are our best resource and we need to fulfill the needs that they have. Wilde is able to give definitive ways to approach spelling. For example, we can allow students to choose their own spelling words based on their individual needs. We all know that spelling words in the workbooks are not based on individual needs. This is an issue that is addressed by Wilde. Spelling and punctuation, along with phonics, need to be taught within our classroom and across the curriculum, not in an isolated fashion. Students learn by actually doing the reading and writing--not by studying spelling words that they will probably never encounter again. Wilde suggests that approaches that are beneficial allow students to grow as readers and writers. Another professional book that is helpful is Bolton and Snowball's Teaching Spelling: A Practical Resource. Also, Lucy Calkins discusses spelling and techniques for teaching spelling in the book The Art of Teaching Writing.
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As Eggbert, an adventurous ball, bounces his way into some very strange places, your first-graders get practice with basic punctuation, spelling, and phonics. Story sentences on the CD are formatted one to a page so you can duplicate them easily or print them out as editing journals for your students. The cloze technique used throughout provides practice with consonant blending and diphthongs.
For your convenience, the included supplemental CD contains the Caught'ya sentences formatted in Word for duplication, along with writing suggestions and activities, a complete and easy-to-use grammar reference with examples and teaching tips, and other helpful tools.
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- Virtues for Selling a must read.
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The Thirteen Virtues for Selling
Ron Hanna
Manufacturer: 1st Books Library
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Virtues for Selling a must read........2003-07-08
The Thirteen Virtues is a must read for all Senior Executives.It a pivotal guideline for organizations in developing outstanding sales professionals. A critical mass of individuals following the vitures outlined in the book would result in increase customer counts and and market leadership.It could also be use as a hiring tool in selecting new salespeople.Get this book in the hands of your sales force!
Book Description
"Be responsible with your money. Buy hot new fashions. Save for a rainy day. Fly away to a sunny beach. Invest for your future. Drive a sporty car." Today's young women are flooded with conflicting and often bewildering messages about money. This book offers strategies to break through the confusion and start making sound financial decisions.
With its friendly writing, attractive design, and easy-to-understand suggestions, A Girl's Guide to Money communicates the information young women need to become financially savvy, and does so in a way that suits their style. A Wall Street prospectus it isn't — rather, it's a handy guide bursting with indispensable advice on opening and managing accounts, budgeting and paying bills, avoiding and managing debt, affording shopping and travel, and so much more.
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Fun!.......2006-10-19
This book is a fun way to learn about how to manage your finances. If you desire to learn the basics of personal finance in a fun and easy way, this book is for you.
Don't waste your money! .......2005-03-17
This book was a disappointment! It doesn't tell you much that you don't already know, assuming you have a job and are out of your parents' house. I would have learned from it when I was 16, but having already been on my own for 7 years it was a complete waste of time and money. The unfortunate part is that there are a lot of references to drinking and a few about divorce, so it's not even suitable for teenagers. I didn't expect expert advice, but I was expecting some tips and strategies. The best advice I learned from the book...save your money and don't buy it!
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How the Rich Get Richer
If you're like most Americans, debt is a way of life. So what separates the rich from the poor? The wealthy use debt to improve their financial situation—we call that “Smart Debt”-and the poor use debt for instant gratification and just keep getting deeper in the hole.
Smart Debt is getting the best interest rate, budgeting the right amount of your income to pay off debt, and borrowing only what you can afford. Smart Debt puts your money to work for you.
In this book, you'll discover money-saving strategies for every type of debt:
- Mortgages
- Education loans
- Auto loans
- Business loans
- Credit cards
- And more
We'll transform the way you look at debt and let you in on the best-kept secret of America's wealthy: how to borrow money to make money.
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Credit Markets For The Poor
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Building Assets, Building Credit: Creating Wealth in Low-income Communities (James a. Johnson Metro Series)
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Owning Up: Poverty, Assets, and the American Dream
ASIN: 0871541327 |
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Access to credit is an important means of providing people with the opportunity to make a better life for themselves. Loans are essential for most people who want to purchase a home, start a business, pay for college, or weather a spell of unemployment. Yet many people in poor and minority communities—regardless of their creditworthiness—find credit hard to come by, making the climb out of poverty extremely difficult. How dire are the lending markets in these communities and what can be done to improve access to credit for disadvantaged groups? In "Credit Markets for the Poor," editors Patrick Bolton and Howard Rosenthal and an expert team of economists, political scientists, and legal and business scholars tackle these questions with shrewd analysis and a wealth of empirical data.
"Credit Markets for the Poor" opens by examining what credit options are available to poor households. Economist John Caskey profiles how weak credit options force many working families into a disastrous cycle of short-term, high interest loans in order to sustain themselves between paychecks. Löic Sadoulet explores the reasons that community lending organizations, which have been so successful in developing countries, have failed in more advanced economies. He argues the obstacles that have inhibited community lending groups in industrialized countries—such as a lack of institutional credibility and the high cost of establishing lending networks—can be overcome if banks facilitate the community lending process and establish a system of repayment insurance. "Credit Markets for the Poor" also examines how legal institutions affect the ability of the poor to borrow. Daniela Fabbri and Mario Padula argue that well-meaning provisions making it more difficult for lenders to collect on defaulted loans are actually doing a disservice to the poor in credit markets. They find that in areas with lax legal enforcement of debt agreements, credit markets for the poor are underdeveloped because lenders are unwilling to take risks on issuing credit or will do so only at exorbitant interest rates. Timothy Bates looks at programs that facilitate small-business development and finds that they have done little to reduce poverty. He argues that subsidized business creation programs may lure inexperienced households into entrepreneurship in areas where little profitable investment is possible, hence setting them up for failure.
With clarity and insightful analysis, "Credit Markets for the Poor" demonstrates how weak credit markets are impeding the social and economic mobility of the needy. By detailing the many disadvantages that impoverished people face when seeking to borrow, this important new volume highlights a significant national problem and offers solutions for the future.
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Consumer credit control;
Owen G Mayo
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Controlling credit. (Checklist 127).: An article from: Checklists
Manufacturer: Chartered Management Institute
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This digital document is an article from Checklists, published by Chartered Management Institute on January 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1866 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Controlling credit. (Checklist 127).
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Checklists (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2000
Publisher: Chartered Management Institute
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- Easy reading, comprehensive, intelligent ... even humorous.
- A book well worth the time you will spend reading it.
- Readable, entertaining, comprehensive
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Downsize Your Debt: How to Take Control of Your Personal Finances
Andrew Feinberg
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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ASIN: 014013428X |
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Easy reading, comprehensive, intelligent ... even humorous........1998-12-10
Whether you're shopping for a loan, trying to refinance your mortgage, or hoping to avoid the pitfalls of car loans, credit cards, even loans between friends and family -- this guide will save you money.
A book well worth the time you will spend reading it........1998-06-25
As a debt counselor, most of my day is spent relating with and trying to assist those in debt. This book has been invaluable to my own education and the education of my clients. I am indebted to Feinberg for such a well written "insider's view" of the credit industry.
Readable, entertaining, comprehensive.......1998-04-24
In my quest for the Holy Grail of books about personal debt and financial mastery, this book is a real treasure!
With a sharp sense of humour and a willingness to explore not just the practical but psychological aspects of the debt culture and "perma-debt" -- his term for those of us who get into endless credit card slavery -- this book reads almost as well as the mystery thriller I devoured last weekend.
And no, I'm not being cut into the profits in exchange for this gushing review.
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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on July 4, 1994. The length of the article is 741 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Law gives consumers more control of finances. (California law to protect cardholder information)
Author: Penni Crabtree
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Date: July 4, 1994
Publisher: CBJ, L.P.
Volume: v15
Issue: n27
Page: p3(1)
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