Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students

Mignon Fogarty; illustrations by Erwin Haya

St. Martin's Griffin

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Here is a complete and comprehensive guide to all things grammar from Grammar Girl, a.k.a. Mignon Fogarty, whose popular podcasts have been downloaded over twenty million times and whose first book, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing,was a New York Times bestseller.  For beginners to more advanced students, this guide covers it all: the parts of speech, sentences, and punctuation are all explained clearly and concisely with the warmth, wit, and accessibility Grammar Girl is known for.  Pop quizzes are scattered throughout to reinforce the explanations, as well as Grammar Girl's trademark Quick and Dirty Tips--easy and fun memory tricks to help with those challenging rules.  Complete with a writing style chapter and a guide to the different kinds of writing--everything from school papers to letter writing to e-mails--this guide is sure to become the one-stop, essential book on every student's desk.

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Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students
Chapter OneParts of SpeechIN THESE NEXT few chapters, think of me as your grammar guide, intent on demystifying grammar. I'm a practical person--I've given people batteries and socks as birthday presents. That is what I want to give you, the things everyone will use--the batteries and socks of writing.In order to do that, we need a common language between the professionals and us. If I quickly spewed out terms like antecedents, future progressive tense, and subjunctive verbs, you'd probably run away screaming,

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Meet Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl

From 'affects' to 'effects' and from 'less' to 'fewer'... Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, sets the record straight on many common grammar gaffes. Here is the story behind her weekly 'Quick and Dirty Tips' podcast, now a popular audio book from Macmillan Audio. Visit http://grammar.qdnow.com for more.

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Mark  rated it  
Aug 2, 2011
Grammar Girl’s book for students is approachable, orange

(From my blog: editor mark.wordpress.com)

Grammar was not my subject. In high school English class, we did a unit on grammar every semester. It always seemed to be the same thing to me. The work was either obvious (I could re ...more
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Mark  rated it  
Jul 31, 2011
Grammar Girl’s Ultimate Writing Guide for Students is a handy book for students and professionals alike. In an easily understandable manner, Grammar Girl covers the English language in a light and fun – yet informative – way. I highly recommend this book for those professionals for whom English is ...more
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Denise  rated it  
Jul 20, 2011
Have you ever tried to read a writing guide? Did you stay awake long enough to find the page on quotation marks or dependent clauses or whatever you were looking for? Yeah, me neither. Maybe I’ve flipped through a guide or even read a paragraph or two if I’ve needed to look up a specific issue, but ...more
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Mignon Fogarty; illustrations by Erwin Haya

Mignon Fogarty, the creator of Grammar Girl and the founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips Network, is also the author of the bestselling GRAMMAR GIRL'S QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS FOR BETTER WRITING and THE GRAMMAR DEVOTIONAL.  She lives in Reno, Nevada.  http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com

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Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students
Mignon Fogarty; illustrations by Erwin Haya

Trade Paperback

Trade Paperback
St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Griffin
July 2011
Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780805089448
ISBN10: 0805089446
Young Adult Nonfiction
6 x 9 inches, 304 pages, Includes black-and-white illustrations
Age Range: 12 and up
Grade Range: 7 and up Information for Librarians

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$12.99

Hardcover

Hardcover
St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Griffin
July 2011
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780805089431
ISBN10: 0805089438
Young Adult Nonfiction
6 x 9 inches, 304 pages, Includes black-and-white illustrations
Age Range: 12 and up
Grade Range: 7 and up Information for Librarians

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$19.99

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St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Griffin
July 2011
e-Book Agency
ISBN: 9781429966665
ISBN10: 1429966661
Young Adult Nonfiction
6 x 9 inches, 304 pages, Includes black-and-white illustrations
Age Range: 12 and up
Grade Range: 7 and up Information for Librarians

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$9.99
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