Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling
Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling

Author: Catherine DePino

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1475802773

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Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling will give you all the bare essentials of grammar that you need to write like a pro. The book also offers a simple yet foolproof method of writing under pressure, the key to success in any college program or workplace. If you're a businessperson, college student, or ESL student seeking a user-friendly grammar book that aims to make you a better writer, this book is for you If you learn the information in one chapter each day, in less than two weeks, your writing will improve dramatically, and you'll grow in confidence as a writer. You'll also learn shortcuts to help you with all the types of writing you'll do in college and on the job. Try all of them. They really work, and that's a promise. To sum it up, grammar is only a means to an end, a tool to help you write better. That's something your teacher probably never told you. By understanding grammar, you'll learn how to express yourself beautifully in speaking and in writing.

Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling
Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling

Author: Catherine DePino

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2013-02-01

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1475802781

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Excuse Me, Your Participle’s Dangling will give you all the bare essentials of grammar that you need to write like a pro. The book also offers a simple yet foolproof method of writing under pressure, the key to success in any college program or workplace. If you’re a businessperson, college student, or ESL student seeking a user-friendly grammar book that aims to make you a better writer, this book is for you! If you learn the information in one chapter each day, in less than two weeks, your writing will improve dramatically, and you’ll grow in confidence as a writer. You’ll also learn shortcuts to help you with all the types of writing you’ll do in college and on the job. Try all of them. They really work, and that’s a promise. To sum it up, grammar is only a means to an end, a tool to help you write better. That’s something your teacher probably never told you. By understanding grammar, you’ll learn how to express yourself beautifully in speaking and in writing.

Don't Dangle Your Participle
Don't Dangle Your Participle

Author: Vanita Oelschlager

Publisher:

Published: 2014-06-06

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9781484425848

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Young readers are shown an illustration of a sentence that has in it a dangling participle and a second illustration and sentence with the participle in the correct place of the sentence.

Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen

Author: Mary Norris

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2015-04-06

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0393246604

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New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal "Hilarious…This book charmed my socks off." —Patricia O’Conner, New York Times Book Review Mary Norris has spent more than three decades working in The New Yorker’s renowned copy department, helping to maintain its celebrated high standards. In Between You & Me, she brings her vast experience with grammar and usage, her good cheer and irreverence, and her finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice.

How to Ask for and Get What You Want
How to Ask for and Get What You Want

Author: Catherine DePino

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-10-01

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1475857209

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We’ve all experienced frustration asking for and getting what we want. It plays out regularly with our partners, children, employers, and businesses we patronize. Sometimes we don’t bother to ask for what we want, even when it’s perfectly reasonable, thinking it will create hard feelings or spark an argument. Often, it’s because we don’t think we can succeed in getting what we want. But nothing could be further from the truth. How to Ask for What You Want and Get It: Common Sense Tips That Work will help readers learn how to ask for what they want and get good results. It teaches them how to stay in the game by using the right words. It also shows how to build rapport by using positive body language. The more you know what makes people operate as they do, the better chance you’ll have of helping them see things your way. The most important aspect to negotiating anything is getting the other person on your side. That means the person you’re asking has to like and respect you enough to do what you want. Most of the advice in this book employs mindfulness techniques. The mindfulness movement helps people live in the moment, speak more effectively to one another, and settle problems peacefully.

Cool Things to Do If a Bully's Bugging You
Cool Things to Do If a Bully's Bugging You

Author: Catherine DePino

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-02-17

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 147582551X

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Cool Things to Do If a Bully's Bugging You: 50 Classroom Activities to Help Elementary Students aims to help students facing bullying and other problems while they're actually experiencing them. The activities feature a multidisciplinary approach that encourages speaking, listening, reading, and writing activities to complement curricular goals in English/language arts and social studies. Principals, teachers and counselors will want to use this book in their bully prevention programs by involving children, parents, and the entire school family in their drive to create a bully-free school. The book includes classroom activities and also involves parents in the learning process by having them discuss bullying issues with their children in a "Talk It Out" section that concludes each chapter. Research shows that involving the bullied child, the home, and the school community has proven the most successful approach to helping kids remain bully free. The bookalso includes kid-friendly quizzes to help reinforce the concepts covered in every chapter. Students and teachers alike will find the variety of activities in this book informative, kid-friendly, and best of all, enjoyable.

Coasting
Coasting

Author: Ben Karwan

Publisher: Random House Australia

Published: 2016-01-04

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 192532446X

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Sometimes you have to put yourself first. Jen’s just finished year twelve and she’s dreading what’s coming next. She needs to escape her mum’s too-high expectations for a while – and decide whether her boyfriend, Dylan, is someone she needs in her life. There’s only one solution. Road trip! Jen, her best friend Elliot, the ladies’ man (in his dreams) Theodore C. Block and the lovely Sophie pile into Elliot’s beat-up old car, Vincent, and head up the coast to reunite Elliot with his girlfriend. If Jen can’t be happy, at least Elliot should have a chance. But things don’t quite go to plan. Snarky and irreverent, Coasting will make you laugh and bring tears to your eyes as Jen tries to work out who she really is – and what’s important to her. WINNER of the Australian Sony Young Movellist of the Year Award! ‘Witty, clever and heartfelt . . . I really enjoyed this book and its distinctive voice. It speaks directly to the experiences of young Australians.’ Skye Melki-Wegner, author of the Chasing The Valley trilogy and Australian Sony Young Movellist of the Year Judge

The Elements of English
The Elements of English

Author: Stan Malless

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2014-08-18

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 1442241969

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Stan Malles and Jeff McQuain have written this brief, yet very important glossary in the spirit of E.D. Hirsch’s bestselling Cultural Literacy. Here is a dictionary of basic terms for literature, composition, and grammar that every American, no matter their age, needs to know. Perfect for home and classroom use, The Elements of English is simple to use, unintimidating to read and easy to understand. Each area of language arts is divided into its own section, and a comprehensive index is also included. Each entry is concise, yet explained very clearly. Examples are listed to illustrate meanings, as are reminders, hints, and tips that further define and elucidate the terms. The Elements of English has been used very successfully in classrooms across the country. This revised and expanded edition includes new entries plus three additional appendices. This is a little book that fills a big need, and it deserves a wide distribution and readership.