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005			20240613143856.0
008			231128s2024 nju b 001 0 eng
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020			_a0691239398 _qpaperback
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100	1		_aCioffi, Frank L., _d1951- _eauthor. _9271221
245	1	0	_aStellar English : _ba down-to-earth guide to grammar and style / _cFrank L. Cioffi.
264		1	_aPrinceton, New Jersey : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2024]
300			_axi, 273 pages ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aSkills for scholars
520			_a"A handy, bare essentials, pocket guide to "formal" written English for students, scholars, and writers in need of a reference to sharpen their ability to write with clarity and credibility"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"An indispensable guide to essential principles of English grammar and usage Stellar English lays out the fundamentals of effective writing, from word choice and punctuation to parts of speech and common errors. Frank Cioffi emphasizes how formal written English-though only a subdialect of the language-enables writers to reach a wide and heterogenous audience. Cioffi's many example sentences illustrating grammatical principles tilt in an otherworldly direction, making up a science fiction story involving alien invasion. Reading the book through will not only help you with your grammar but also reveal how the story ends!An invaluable brief handbook for native and nonnative speakers alike, Stellar English avoids the jargon and emphasis on outdated rules found in typical grammar guides and shows how good writing uses carefully constructed language that's at once appropriate to an audience and communicates-without distractions or confusion-just what the writer wants"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aSentence-level issues : Fragments -- Sentence-level issues : Run-ons and subject-verb agreement -- Verbs -- Nouns and pronouns -- Modifiers : adjectives -- Modifiers : adverbs -- Predeterminers, central determiners, and postdeterminers -- Varieties of definiteness, or more essentials of the and a/an -- Semicolons, hyphens, and other baffling punctuation marks -- A special case : commas -- Creating understandable sentences : metaphoric language, parallelism, jargon, slang, and clichés -- Word-level issues -- Consequentiality.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xGrammar _vHandbooks, manuals, etc. _986821
655		7	_aHandbooks and manuals. _2lcgft _98873
655		7	_aInstructional and educational works. _2lcgft _9296635
830		0	_aSkills for scholars (Princeton University Press)
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