The Little Seagull handbook with exercises

Bullock, Richard H. (Richard Harvey) (author. ). Brody, Michal, (author. ). Weinberg, Francine, (author. ).

Summary: "Easy to use and easy to afford, The Little Seagull Handbook is the #1 brief handbook because students say it has a positive impact on their writing. Intuitive organization, color-coding, and jargon-free instruction for common kinds of writing make it a reference tool that student writers truly use. This edition includes NEW advice for conducting research as it's done online today, NEW student model essays, and a NEW chapter on writing summary/response essays"--

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ISBN: 9780393888966 (Spiral bound)
Physical Description: xiv, 609 pages ; illustrations (some color) : 19 cm
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Edition: Fourth edition, MLA 2021 update
Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

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Includes index

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Edit: Editing the errors that matter: Sentences: S-1. Elements of a sentence -- S-2. Sentence fragments -- S-3. Comma splices, fused sentences -- S-4. Verbs -- S-5. Subject-verb agreement -- S-6. Pronouns -- S-7. Parallelism -- S-8. Coordination, subordination -- S-9. Shifts. -- Language: L-1. Appropriate words -- L-2. Precise words -- L-3. Idioms -- L-4. Words often confused -- L-5. Prepositions -- L-6. Unnecessary words -- L-7. Adjectives and adverbs -- L-9. Respectful and inclusive language -- L-10. Pronouns and gender -- L-11. Englishes. -- Punctuation/mechanics: P-1. Commas -- P-2. Semicolons -- P-3. End punctuation -- P-4. Quotation marks -- P-5. Apostrophes -- P-6. Other punctuation -- P-7. Hyphens -- P-8. Capitalization -- P-9. Italics -- P-10. Abbreviations -- P-11. Numbers.