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Dreyer's English : good advice for good writing : (adapted for young readers)
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593176801
- ISBN: 0593176804
- ISBN: 9780593176818
- ISBN: 0593176812
- ISBN: 9780593176825
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Physical Description:
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287 pages ; 22 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. "This work is based on Dreyer's English: an utterly correct guide to clarity and style, copyright ©2019 by Benjamin Dreyer." -- verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction. By way of introduction -- The stuff in the front. The life-changing magic of tidying up (your prose) ; Assorted things to do (and not to do) with punctuation ; 1, 2, 3, go: the treatment of numbers ; A little grammar is a dangerous thing ; The realities of fiction -- The stuff in the back. Notes on, amid a list of, frequently and/or easily misspelled words ; Pet peeves ; The confusables ; Notes on proper nouns ; The trimmables ; The miscellany -- Outro: By way of conclusion -- Things I like. |
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 10 up Delacorte Press. |
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| Genre: | Juvenile works. Instructional and educational works. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | YA 808 DRE (Text) | 000161261 | Teen Corner -- Nonfiction | Available | - |