The Essentials of English: A Writer's Handbook (with APA Style)

From grammar and punctuation to the creation of essays and business letters, The Essentials of English: A Writer's Handbook is a must-have reference tool for today's writer. As easy to use as a dictionary, this handbook is designed specifically for non-native English speakers:

• Pays extra attention to articles, phrasal verbs, subordinate clauses, and other commonly troublesome items.
• Uses everyday language and simple sentence structure in both explanations and examples.
• Examples reflect topics of multicultural interest.
• Includes reference lists especially helpful to non-native speakers.

Each part focuses on a single topic, building from sentence structure and mechanics to writing, revising, and proper formatting. Students also learn how to write a research paper in the MLA and APA styles. Practice exercises provide immediate application, and "Special Tips" throughout indicate common errors, explain confusing points, and offer helpful hints. The Essentials of English includes eight parts, an answer key, and an index:

• The Basics
• Clear Sentences
• Grammar
• Punctuation
• Mechanics
• Writing and Revising
• Formats
• Research Papers
• Reference Lists

Exercises to Accompany The Essentials of English provides additional practice related to the writing process, sentence structure, grammar, pronunciation, and more.

(Pearson)

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(Pearson)

PART 1 The Basics

 

1     Words

a   Nouns

b   Pronouns

c   Verbs

d   Adjectives

e   Articles

f   Adverbs

g   Prepositions

h   Conjunctions

i   Interjections

 

2     Phrases

        a   Noun phrases

        b   Infinitive phrases

        c   Gerund phrases

        d   Prepositional phrases

        e   -ing and -ed phrases

        f   Appositive phrases

 

3     Clauses

a   Independent clauses

b   Dependent clauses

 

4     Sentences

a   Sentence parts

b   Sentence patterns

c   Question patterns

d   Kinds of sentences

 

 

PART 2 Clear Sentences

 

5     Connecting Ideas

      a   Coordination

      b   Subordination

      c   Coordination or subordination?

 

6     Connecting Ideas by Coordination

      a   Making compound sentences

      b   Connecting words coordinating conjunctions

      c   Connecting words with correlative conjunctions

      d   Using parallel forms

 

7     Connecting Ideas by Subordination

      a   Making complex sentences

      b   Using appositives

      c   Using -ing and -ed phrases

      d   Using shortened adverb clauses

 

8     Common Sentence Problems

      a   Fragments

      b   Run-together sentences

      c   Choppy writing

      d   Overuse of and, but, and so

 

9     Word Order

      a   Normal word order

      b   Inverted (verb-subject) word order

      c   Word order of direct and indirect objects

      d   Varying sentence openings

 

10   Word Choice

  &...

(Pearson)