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The Longman Writer's Companion
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About the Book
About the Book
Web Icons
Student Resources
Ten Serious Errors
Overview
Fragment
Fused Sentence
Unclear Pronoun Reference
Double Negative
Dangling Modifier
Missing Possessive Apostrophe
Missing Punctuation Marks
Lack of Subject-Verb Agreement
Shift in Person
Unnecessary Commas
Reading and Writing
Exercises
Critical Reading
Planning Strategies
Defining Your Purpose or Thesis
Drafting
Revising
Paragraph
Editing and Proofreading
Web Resources
Representing Yourself
Exercises
Language Choices Exercise
Critical Reasoning
Writing in online Communities Exercise
Designing Documents Exercise
Technical Elements of Effective Speaking
Web Resources
Writing in Action
Exercises
Recognizing an Issue
Writing Argumentative Papers Exercise
Writing about Literature Exercise
Developing Business Writing Exercise
Technical Elements of Business Writing
Web Resources
Research Strategies
Exercises
Using Research Strategies
Avoiding Plagiarism
Using Library and Online Resources
Integrating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
Integrating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
Web Resources
Documentation
Exercises
MLA Exercise
APA Exercise
CSE Exercise
CMS Exercise
Web Resources
Editing Grammar and Sentences
Exercises
Sentence Part Agreement
Editing Exercise for Sentence Part Agreement
Appropriate Verb Forms
Adjectives and Adverbs
Sentence Fragments
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Editing Exercise for Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Pronoun Reference
Misplaced, Dangling, and Disruptive Modifiers
Editing Exercise for Misplaced, Dangling, and Disruptive Modifiers
Shifts
Mixed and Incomplete Sentences
Parallelism
Editing Exercise for Parallelism
Coordination and Subordination
Web Resources
Editing Words and Punctuation
Exercises
Choosing Appropriate Words
Choosing Appropriate Words
Wordiness
Wordiness
Avoiding Sexist and Discriminatory Language
Commas
Semicolons and Colons
Apostrophes
Quotation Marks
Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points
Special Punctuation Marks
Web Resources
Mechanics
Exercises
Capitalization
Italics (Underlining)
Hyphens and Word Division
Numbers
Abbreviations
Strategies for Spelling
Web Resources
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