One day in the life of the English language, a microcosmic usage handbook, Frank L. Cioffi
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One day in the life of the English language, a microcosmic usage handbook, Frank L. Cioffi
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-349) and index
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index present
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non fiction
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One day in the life of the English language
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bibliography
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883207203
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Frank L. Cioffi
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a microcosmic usage handbook
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- Actants, actions, ongoing states ; nouns, verbs, and the sentences they form -- Words that modify and orient : adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, articles, interjections -- Who is he/she? : pronouns -- Punctuation, part I : the comma-- promiscuous uses -- Punctuation, part II : the colon, semicolon, and more mysteries of punctuation -- diction : sentences as clockwork -- Appendix I. Fifteen myths of digital-age English -- Appendix II. Using this book to teach college writing : a microguide -- fifty key terms : a microglossary
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