CliffsNotes Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style Quick Review

by Claudia L Reinhardt

Inside the Nouns - Verbs - Pronouns - Modifiers - Connecting Words and Phrases - Clauses, Phrases, and Sentences - Common Sentence Errors - Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Marks - Commas, Semicolons, and Colons - Dashes, Parentheses, and Quotation Marks - Idioms, Clichés, Jargon, and Wordiness - How to Begin a Writing Assignment - How to Research and Organize Your Writing - Revising and Editing - Review Questions - Resource Center - Glossary - Frequently Confused Words Why CliffsNotes? Go with the name you know and trust - Get the information you need—fast! CliffsNotes Quick Review guides give you a clear, concise, easy-to-use review of the basics. Introducing each topic, defining key terms, and carefully walking you through sample problems, this guide helps you grasp and understand the important concepts needed to succeed. Master the Basics–Fast

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Writing, School

256 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1997

Reviews

[Dave · Rating 5 out of 5]

Essential

This is essential for quick (and sometimes not-so-quick) refreshers for various aspects of English grammar. A must-read for any education level.

[James Love]

This book along with Algebra I & Algebra II are perfect gifts for Junior High through College aged students.

[Miranda Libra · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was recommended to me when I got my Certificate for Medical Interpreter--it is helpful.

[Eugenio Fouz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Practical manual on writing. Pretty useful chapters 11, 13 and 14 which deal with the process of pre-writing. Appendix on frequent mistakes one can make and ambiguous expressions

[Stephen Hero · Rating 4 out of 5]

After The Freemasons denied me admittance due to my ongoing Catholicism, I found myself preparing an acceptance speech for The Society of Abstract References and Uncommon Puns.

Robed in the standard uniform, I then proceeded to commence with my pun-laden acceptance speech:


Mr. Cutlery, a forked radish of a fellow, was spooning his loved one several nights ago when he exclaimed "Spooning doesn't cut it." His loved one disapproved of his statement, jumping up, stating "Have a knife night," and leaving the premise.

"Boy, can she dish it out," our scorned fellow did bellow before attempting to ring her mobile. Unable to recall her cellular number, the recently scorned fellow had to internally admit that he fork-got (sic) her number.

Staring in the mirror, Mr. Cutlery convinced himself that losing his loved one was no big deal because ultimately she really didn’t "look very knife." Laughing aloud due to what he believed to be a very cutting edge remark, Mr. Cutlery found himself ultimately bowled over by his own witticism.


I was denied admittance to the club due to my speech containing no abstract references. And, on top of that, a senior board member stated that, regardless of any lack of abstraction, my speech simply wasn't "too sharp." Ouch.

Walking home alone later that evening I probably figured that it was "...one too many fork references that did me prong."

[Mariana Dantas · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is full of typos and grammar mistakes. Although I'm not an English native speaker, I could spot many of them. For example: page 207 (Glossary) "Adverb - A word that modifies a noun, pronoun, or another adverb." We all know it's wrong and therefore unacceptable for a book that is meant to teach us good English.

[Jonathan]

None

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read this so much my copy is worn out. I even had to go get a more current edition, and new, to replace it!