Little Book of Writing Better

George Grätzer is emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of Manitoba. He specializes in lattice theory and universal algebra and is best known for his books on LaTeX and his proof with E. Tamás Schmidt of the Grätzer–Schmidt theorem. Prof. Gratzer has written about 270 research papers and 33 books. His most recent book publication with Springer is title The Little Book of Math into English.

• Introduction.- Overview.- I Crucial.- 1 On, In, Next...Prepositions.- 2 Punctuation.- 3 Active vs. Passive.- 4 Ambiguity.- 5 For Russian Speakers.- II Very Important.- 6 So, Such, That.- 7. Transitions (Short Version).- 8 Dangling.- 9 Hyphens.- 10 Direct vs. Indirect.- 11. Dashes.- III Important.- 12 Transitions: Longer Version.- 13 Run-on Sentences.- 14 Only.- 15 Comma Before If.- 16 Faster and Fastest.- 17 To Go or Going.- IV And Some More.- 18 As, And, Or (Conjunctions).- 19 'Either,' 'Or,' 'Both' (More Conjunctions).- 20 Less and Fewer, Both and Two.- 21 Modifiers.- A Grammatical Terms.- B Your Grammar Tutor.- C The Gold Rush.