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Dreyer's English : good advice for good writing (adapted for young readers)  Cover Image Book Book

Dreyer's English : good advice for good writing (adapted for young readers) / Benjamin Dreyer.

Dreyer, Benjamin, (author.).

Summary:

"An informative and witty guide to writing and grammar, written especially for a younger audience"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593176801
  • ISBN: 0593176804
  • Physical Description: 287 pages 22 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2021]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
The stuff in the front . The life-changing magic of tidying up (your prose) -- Assorted things to do (and not to do) with punctuation -- 2, 3, go: the treatment of numbers -- A little grammar is a dangerous thing -- The realities of fiction -- The stuffin the back. Notes on, amid a list of, frequently and/or easily misspelled words -- Pet peeves -- The confusables -- Notes on proper nouns -- The trimmables -- The miscellany -- Outro: by the way of conclusion -- Things I like.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 10 up Delacorte Press.
Subject: English language > Rhetoric > Juvenile literature.
Exposition (Rhetoric) > Juvenile literature.
English language > Grammar > Juvenile literature.
English language > Usage > Juvenile literature.
English language > Errors of usage > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Upper Skagit Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Upper Skagit Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Upper Skagit Library 808.042 DRE 1014525 Young Adult Nonfiction Available -


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