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A dynamic, easy-to-use handbook, The Longman Handbook for Readers and Writers allows writers to quickly and easily reference the information they need to improve their personal, business, and academic writing. Writing process, business writing, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, electronic research, documentation/citation style guides, avoiding plagiarism, ESL. Any student or professional interested in improving their writing.
960 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1900
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July 1, 2019
Writing is a skill that allows one to communicate with another person. Generally, writing tends to have a theme. If you are writing a treatise on philosophy or law you would use different language, tone, and standards than if you were writing a children’s book or a letter to a friend. Now, letters aren’t really in vogue anymore, but it can also be applied to emails or texts.
The Longman Handbook for Readers and Writers is a guide to effective writing. It is organized in chapters and has exercises that can be done if you are using it for a class. The book is not really something that you should read cover to cover, rather it would be better as a reference guide. For example, if you are bad with commas like I am there is a section on punctuation. Are your sentences too wordy? There is a section on that as well.
The book is quite exhaustive. Since it is a textbook meant for college-level classes this is an excellent thing. On the other hand, it does get a bit ridiculous with trying to foster politically correct papers. I mean, why would you call a young person of the female persuasion a girl when you can call her a pre-woman? Even my spell checker dislikes that word. In any case, I understand that you shouldn’t call someone a derogatory term, but vertically challenged replacing short is a bit much. Perhaps it is meant to pad someone's paper.
Other than that, the book is perfectly serviceable.
The Longman Handbook for Readers and Writers is a guide to effective writing. It is organized in chapters and has exercises that can be done if you are using it for a class. The book is not really something that you should read cover to cover, rather it would be better as a reference guide. For example, if you are bad with commas like I am there is a section on punctuation. Are your sentences too wordy? There is a section on that as well.
The book is quite exhaustive. Since it is a textbook meant for college-level classes this is an excellent thing. On the other hand, it does get a bit ridiculous with trying to foster politically correct papers. I mean, why would you call a young person of the female persuasion a girl when you can call her a pre-woman? Even my spell checker dislikes that word. In any case, I understand that you shouldn’t call someone a derogatory term, but vertically challenged replacing short is a bit much. Perhaps it is meant to pad someone's paper.
Other than that, the book is perfectly serviceable.
October 26, 2015
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