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Jan 15, 2008 the blue book of grammar and punctuation, tenth edition designed to answer the most pressing grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and usage questions. An easytouse guide with clear rules, realworld examples, and reproducible quizzes feb 10, 2014 by jane straus and lester kaufman 201 pages. The blue book of grammar and punctuation an easytouse guide with clear rules, realworld examples, and reproducible quizzes tenth edition jane straus 3. Blue book of grammar and punctuation, 11th ed heartland.
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Jan 22, 2014 the blue book of grammar and punctuation is a concise, entertaining workbook and guide to english grammar, punctuation, and usage. Aug 21, 2007 after my interview on npr, i received a message from jane straus, a popular grammar writer and author of the blue book of grammar and punctuation. The following list contains some of the most critical punctuation rules. It doesnt take a lifetime to master english grammar and punctuation.
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The blue book of grammar and punctuation solid choice. This handy workbook is ideal for teachers, students in middle school through college, esl students, homeschoolers, and professionals. No one writing handbook or grammar guide should suffice for careful writers, and though jane strauss the blue book of grammar and punctuation is less comprehensive than some other resources, its largeformat workbook approach provides a readerfriendly introduction to the intricacies of proper prose. This new, updated version has 50% more materialrules, exercises, tests, and answersand a new cover that is both sleek and durable. The blue book of grammar and punctuation 11th edition. The rules are explained really well and the voice is lovely. The blue book of grammar and punctuation is filled with easytounderstand rules,realworld examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre and posttests. Its a testament to the popularity of jane strauss book that it has entered the 11th edition. This userfriendly resource includes simple explanations of grammar, punctuation, and usage.
The blue book of grammar and punctuation, eleventh edition. This functional attitude toward grammar, and punctuation, is described in effective revenue writing 2 linton 1962. A field guide to uncommon punctuation by peter kispert a threatened species, the redspotted interrobang is rarely spotted in the papers of college students seeking to impress their sortofcute graduate teaching assistants. Academics are often accused of being pedantic about grammar, spelling and punctuation, but all these seemingly endless rules are actually about effective communication expressing yourself clearly, accurately and precisely.
Handbooks on english grammar are too numerous, yet few are written with keeping in mind the usual problems of students. Never has there been such a wellarranged, easily navigated guidebook as this. English rules the blue book of grammar and punctuation. A field guide to uncommon punctuation mcsweeneys internet. I hadnt heard of the book before, but i was so glad to learn about it. Grammar and punctuation book by elementary with kelli tpt. Most newspapers and magazines drop theoxford comma in a simple. The blue book of grammar and punctuation learninghouse. Commas punctuation rules the blue book of grammar and. It is true that language is dynamic, so conventional rules about grammar and punctuation change all the time. My estate goes to my husband, son, daughterinlaw, and nephew. When the last comma in a series comes before and or or after daughterinlaw in the above example, it is known as the oxford comma. I am not the original author of any of these worksheets, but have collected them from various places or people to create one basic punctuation booklet.
Including youryoure, theretheirtheyre, and social media madness. You can also try inventing your own punctuation marks. As of january 2020, english now includes more than one million wordsa figure that differs from words accepted in dictionaries, which can range from 170,000 to 470,000 depending on the source. Use commas to separate words and word groups in a simple series of three or more items. No one writing handbook or grammar guide should suffice for careful writers, and though jane strauss the blue book of grammar and punctuation is less comprehensive than some other resources, its largeformat workbook approach provides a readerfriendly introduction to the intricacies of proper prose straus was still a college student when she began her career as a writing consultant for.
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The blue book of grammar and puctuation tenth edition is filled with easytounderstand rules, realworld examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre and posttests. A revised and updated new edition of the bestselling workbook and grammar guide. For example, the associated press ap stylebook is a guide specific for news media and journalists while the chicago manual of style cms is used by many book publishers and writers. Grammar and punctuation worksheets student handouts. Usually, when the word login is used, it is used as a noun meaning the act of logging in to a database, device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system. This is good middle ground between jane strauss blue book of grammar and punctuation and casagrandes it was the best of sentences, it was the worst of sentences. For each of the following, choose the sentence in which the subjects and verbs have been correctly identified and in which the subjects and verbs agree. Wartime inventions b now name the types of sentences used in the paragraph above. Just writing, grammar, punctuation, and style for the legal writer, fourth edition aspen.
The blue book of grammar and punctuation an easytouse guide with clear rules, realworld examples, and reproducible quizzes tenth edition jane straus 2. Jan 01, 1997 the blue book of grammar and punctuation is filled with easytounderstand rules, realworld examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre and posttests. Eight uncommon typography and punctuation marks grammarly blog. Aug 12, 20 a field guide to uncommon punctuation by peter kispert a threatened species, the redspotted interrobang is rarely spotted in the papers of college students seeking to impress their sort of cute graduate teaching assistants. One of the earliestknown english dictionaries, the elementarie 1582, contained 8,000 words. Among such rare grammar books is the one written by jane straus, named as the blue book of grammar and punctuation. The blue book of grammar and punctuation free download as word doc. Grammar and punctuation free printable english grammar and punctuation worksheets for grades 712 englishela worksheets social media madness grammar and punctuation worksheets. Hailed as one of the best grammar resources available, this concise, entertaining, userfriendly workbook includes easytounderstand rules, abundant examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre and posttests to help teach grammar to middle and high school, college, esl, and home schooled students as. With over 200,000 copies sold, this is one of the most highly trusted english language resources available. Grammar, spelling and punctuation university of kent.
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