LEADER 03742cam a2200505 i 4500001 99130308769906421 005 20240725052644.0 008 231128s2024 nju b 001 0 eng^^ 010 2023030592 019 1390189951 020 9780691239385 |qhardcover 020 069123938X |qhardcover 020 9780691239392 |qpaperback 020 0691239398 |qpaperback 020 |z9780691239408 |qelectronic book 035 (OCoLC)on1390190657 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dBDX |dYDX |dDPL |dYDX 042 pcc 050 00 PE1106 |b.C56 2024 082 00 425 |223/eng/20240119 084 LAN006000LAN009000 |2bisacsh 100 1 Cioffi, Frank L., |d1951- |eauthor. 245 10 Stellar English : |ba down-to-earth guide to grammar and style / |cFrank L. Cioffi. 264 1 Princeton, New Jersey : |bPrinceton University Press, |c[2024] 300 xi, 273 pages ; |c21 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Skills for scholars 520 "A handy, bare essentials, pocket guide to "formal" written English for students, scholars, and writers in need of a reference to sharpen their ability to write with clarity and credibility"-- |cProvided by publisher. 520 "An indispensable guide to essential principles of English grammar and usage Stellar English lays out the fundamentals of effective writing, from word choice and punctuation to parts of speech and common errors. Frank Cioffi emphasizes how formal written English-though only a subdialect of the language-enables writers to reach a wide and heterogenous audience.Cioffi's many example sentences illustrating grammatical principles tilt in an otherworldly direction, making up a science fiction story involving alien invasion. Reading the book through will not only help you with your grammar but also reveal how the story ends!An invaluable brief handbook for native and nonnative speakers alike, Stellar English avoids the jargon and emphasis on outdated rules found in typical grammar guides and shows how good writing uses carefully constructed language that's at once appropriate to an audience and communicates-without distractions or confusion-just what the writer wants"-- |cProvided by publisher. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Sentence-level issues : Fragments -- Sentence-level issues : Run-ons and subject-verb agreement -- Verbs -- Nouns and pronouns -- Modifiers : adjectives -- Modifiers : adverbs -- Predeterminers, central determiners, and postdeterminers -- Varieties of definiteness, or more essentials of the and a/an -- Semicolons, hyphens, and other baffling punctuation marks -- A special case : commas -- Creating understandable sentences : metaphoric language, parallelism, jargon, slang, and clichés -- Word-level issues -- Consequentiality. 650 0 English language |xGrammar |vHandbooks, manuals, etc. 650 7 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation. |2bisacsh 650 7 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General. |2bisacsh 655 7 Handbooks and manuals. |2lcgft 655 7 Instructional and educational works. |2lcgft 776 08 |iOnline version:Cioffi, Frank L., 1951- |tStellar English |dPrinceton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2024] |z9780691239408 |w(DLC) 2023030593 830 0 Skills for scholars (Princeton University Press) 910 |d67548 |gMIDWEST 914 (OCoLC)on1390190657 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240717 |eprocessed |f1390190657 980 20240417 |f5314672 |hA0401mon |i99.95 |j105.61 |n7474533 982 |bFY21 |cGen |n2021 |q32101112765738 986 |hPE1106 |i.C56 2024