Grammar for Writing is a three-level series that provides students with the essential grammar applications they need to become proficient writers.... Based on the series Eye on Editing, Grammar for Writing updates the existing two levels and adds a third level for expanded content coverage. The series features authentic writing excerpts and practical tools to facilitate comprehension and application for students enrolled in writing or combined-skills courses.    Features: Clear, concise grammar explanations and easy-to-read charts help summarize key learning objectives. Diagnostic pretests and self-check exercises assess students’ understanding of the editing points. Exercises drawn from student writing focus on the most frequently occurring grammar errors. Editing guidelines help students identify and correct common grammatical mistakes. Authentic writings model application of grammar points. Corpus-informed approach to vocabulary gives the series an academic feel.

Grammar for Writing is a three-level series that provides students with the essential grammar applications they need to become proficient writers.... Based on the series Eye on Editing, Grammar for Writing updates the existing two levels and adds a third level for expanded content coverage. The series features authentic writing excerpts and practical tools to facilitate comprehension and application for students enrolled in writing or combined-skills courses.    Features: Clear, concise grammar explanations and easy-to-read charts help summarize key learning objectives. Diagnostic pretests and self-check exercises assess students’ understanding of the editing points. Exercises drawn from student writing focus on the most frequently occurring grammar errors. Editing guidelines help students identify and correct common grammatical mistakes. Authentic writings model application of grammar points. Corpus-informed approach to vocabulary gives the series an academic feel. ProofWriter TM, an online writing-assessment tool from ETS, provides students with immediate individualized feedback on grammar, usage, style, and mechanics.

In the sign languages of the deaf some signs can meaningfully point toward things or can be meaningfully placed in the space ahead of the signer. Such... spatial uses of signs are an obligatory part of fluent grammatical signing. There is no parallel for this in vocally produced languages. This book focuses on American Sign Language to examine the grammatical and conceptual purposes served by these directional signs and demonstrates a remarkable integration of grammar and gesture in the service of constructing meaning.

Named to the International Reading Association’s 2012 Teachers’ Choice book list  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.

Named to the International Reading Association’s 2012 Teachers’ Choice book list 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.

Online sensation Grammar Girl makes grammar fun and easy in this New York Times bestsellerAre you stumped by split infinitives? Terrified of using... “who” when a “whom” is called for? Do you avoid the words “affect” and “effect” altogether?Grammar Girl is here to help! Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammar—but she’s also determined to make the process as painless as possible. A couple of years ago, she created a weekly podcast to tackle some of the most common mistakes people make while communicating. The podcasts have now been downloaded more than twenty million times, and Mignon has dispensed grammar tips on Oprah and appeared on the pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.Written with the wit, warmth, and accessibility that the podcasts are known for, Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing covers the grammar rules and word-choice guidelines that can confound even the best writers. From “between vs. among” and “although vs. while” to comma splices and misplaced modifiers, Mignon offers memory tricks and clear explanations that will help readers recall and apply those troublesome grammar rules. Chock-full of tips on style, business writing, and effective e-mailing, Grammar Girl’s print debut deserves a spot on every communicator’s desk.

A top-selling teacher resource line, The 100+ Series(TM) features over 100 reproducible activities in each book! --The worksheets in these books will... give students the practice they need to become grammar experts. This book offers a wide variety of activities that provide a knowledge of the rules and regulations of proper English usage. Some of the basic skills addressed are alphabetical order, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, parts of speech, plurals, verb tenses, punctuation, sentences, and possession. The activities are also illustrated to enhance student motivation.

Heinle's best selling grammar series now has more of what works for students and teachers! Students learn more, remember more, and use language more... effectively when they learn grammar in context. "Grammar in Context, Fifth Edition" presents grammar in interesting, informative readings and then recycles the language and context throughout every activity.

Heinle's best selling grammar series now has more of what works for students and teachers! Students learn more, remember more, and use language more... effectively when they learn grammar in context. "Grammar in Context, Fifth Edition" presents grammar in interesting, informative readings and then recycles the language and context throughout every activity.

Heinle's best selling grammar series now has more of what works for students and teachers! Students learn more, remember more, and use language more... effectively when they learn grammar in context. Grammar in Context, Fifth Edition presents grammar in interesting, informative readings and then recycles the language and context throughout every activity.