In "Subatomic Writing," Johns Hopkins University instructor Jamie Zvirzdin goes bravely into uncharted territory by offering a totally new kind of guide for writing about science--from the subatomic level up! "Subatomic Writing" teaches readers that the building blocks of language are like particles in physics. These particles,…

This guide draws on English-related errors from around 6000 papers written by non-native authors, 500 abstracts written by PhD students, and over 2000 hours of teaching researchers how to write and present research papers. This new edition has chapters on exploiting AI tools such as ChatGPT, Google Translate, and Reverso, for generating,…

Designed as part of a multimedia kit, this manual introduces the new punctuation system and serves as a reference source. Fifteen catalog cards illustrate the punctuations used between standard elements of bibliographic description. There is no index or table of contents. (PF)

This comprehensive and innovative style manual has been designed to be clear and jargon-free, to serve as an alternative to the often confusing style manuals of years gone by. The manual is intended for use by students, professionals, and writers at any level. The manual, created by an expert in linguistics and lexicography, provides: (1) an A to…

Designed to be a handy reference tool for everyone who aspires to write and speak correct English, this pocket guide is based on traditional grammar usage. It is organized along conventional lines, with an easy-to-use table of contents and index. The guide encompasses a great deal of information on relatively few pages, and it would be wise for…

Intended to be a guide, this book can serve as a handy reference to grammar, usage, and style for the person who needs an easy-to-use, reliable source to answer specific questions about the English language. In clear, concise terms, with lively examples, the new edition of the book provides general usage rules for parts of speech, punctuation,…

Pointing out that the style of the Associated Press (AP) defines clear writing, this revised edition of the practical and much-used AP stylebook is designed to be an essential handbook for all writers, editors, and students. The stylebook contains over 5000 entries laying out the AP's rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage. It gives…

This handbook for writers is designed to be a practical guide to the conventions of the English language in its written form. The handbook also offers information and advice on composition and grammar and on a selection of other editing- and publishing-related topics. Chapters in the book are: (1) Punctuation; (2) Capitals, Italics, and Quotation…

This is the first cover-to-cover revision of the basic stylebook adopted in 1960 by United Press International and The Associated Press. Its primary purpose is to provide a set of consistent guidelines, reflecting current word usage, for newspaper editors handling wire-service copy and for others who follow the same style. The main entries, which…

One in a series of ten mini-manuals on office communication proofreading, this booklet for business and office students provides instruction in the use of commas, dashes, and parentheses. Included are terminal and specific objectives, punctuation rules and related information, and tasks for practice. A test over the information presented concludes…

One in a series of ten mini-manuals on office communication proofreading, this booklet provides the business and office student instruction in word division. Included are terminal and specific objectives, word division rules and related information, and tasks for practice. A test over the information presented concludes the manual. (Test answers…

One in a series of ten mini-manuals on office communication and proofreading, this booklet for business and office students provides instruction in the use of periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and semicolons. Included are terminal and specific objectives, punctuation rules and related information, and tasks for practice. A test over the…

One in a series of ten mini-manuals on office communication proofreading, this booklet for business and office students provides instruction in the use of apostrophes, quotes, italics, hyphens, brackets, ellipsis dots, leader dots, bullets, superscripts, and subscripts. Included are terminal and specific objectives, punctuation rules and related…

This manual is designed for the use of ESL students in the language laboratory. The manual consists of 30 lessons, each between 5 and 10 minutes in length. Every fifth lesson, beginning with lesson 10, is a review lesson. The emphasis is on punctuation. For a 15-week course, the materials are designed to be used twice a week during the regular…

A uniform one-year vocational course in machine transcription which will build adequate knowledge and skills for immediate employment, irrespective of the makes or models of transcribing machines available in the school, requires a more comprehensive program than those currently available from commercial sources. The 180 special transcription…