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Sourcebooks eXplore, an imprint of Sourcebooks Kids
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm
Description
You can't believe everything you hear! Did you know that a single word can have many different meanings? Sometimes two words that sound alike can be spelled completely differently! Ptolemy the Pterodactyl is back to show us all how absurd and fun languagecan be when homophones, homonyms, and tricky punctuation are at play.
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Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she brings her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice. Between You & Me features Norris's laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing problems in spelling, punctuation, and usage comma...
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
ix, 154 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Description
Fun, funny, and factual--the most complete guide to punctuation for beginners and experts alike. Period. No one's ever said that learning punctuation is fun--until now. Actually, The Comma Goes Here takes a lighthearted yet highly informative approach to ensuring you never misplace a comma again.
Author
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
iv, 390 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Description
"Students of English whose first language is Spanish will find this book ideal for study and test preparation. Following an introductory chapter that offers study advice and tips on correct English pronunciation, the author devotes nine chapters to the examination of English verbs in all tenses, moods, and voices. Succeeding chapters cover nouns in the nominative, possessive, and objective cases, articles, adjectives, adverbs, comparatives and superlatives,...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"This all-in-one reference is a quick and easy way for book, magazine, online, academic, and business writers to look up sticky punctuation questions for all styles including AP (Associated Press), MLA (Modern Language Association), APA (American Psychological Association), and Chicago Manual of Style. These days, writers wear many different hats: they write magazine and news articles, sales copy, online newsletters, books, and reports. It's hard...
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