The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage: The Comprehensive and Commonsense Guide to Flawless English

The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage: The Comprehensive and Commonsense Guide to Flawless English

by Mark Lester (Author), Larry Beason (Author)

Synopsis

Those pesky dangling modifiers, split infinitives, and comma splices - they infect our spoken and written language with such frequency that even native English speakers find it difficult to determine what's right and what's wrong! The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage shows you how to fix these everyday English language mistakes. With commonsense, easy-to-remember usage tips throughout, this handbook features incorrect and correct grammatical examples, a short review of basic grammar, a glossary, and more.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Contemporary
Published: 01 Nov 2004

ISBN 10: 0071441336
ISBN 13: 9780071441339

Author Bio
Mark Lester (Cheney, WA) is an experienced grammarian, ESL expert, and professor emeritus of Eastern Washington University. He was the founding chair of the ESL department at the University of Hawaii, which is now considered one of the best ESL programs in the United States. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Grammar and Usage in the Classroom, one of the most widely used college grammar textbooks in the country. Larry Beason (Mobile, AL) is an award-winning professor and director of the English composition program at the University of South Alabama. He has written numerous academic articles and given presentations on rhetoric, grammar, business communication, teaching, and the English language. Beaton is also the author of several grammar books.