A comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to mode grammar, punctuation,
usage, and style. NY - Oxford. 447 p.
This comprehensive book covers syntax, punctuation, style, organization, and tone. Johnson does more than dictate the rules; he gives examples, exceptions, and, more important, clear, easily understood explanations of why grammar has the rules it does. He also gives full attention to styling, the important matter of giving consistent treatment to numbers, abbreviations, generic terms, forms of address, foreign terms, etc. , in good writing.
A special feature of this book is the combined Glossary/Index, alphabetically arranged to give instant answers to the most commonly asked questions about misused words, phrases, and constructions, and cross-referenced to the text if a longer explanation is desired.
For the novice, the professional, for anyone who cares about the language, THE HANDBOOK OF GOOD ENGLISH is THE indispensable guide to proper communication.
This comprehensive book covers syntax, punctuation, style, organization, and tone. Johnson does more than dictate the rules; he gives examples, exceptions, and, more important, clear, easily understood explanations of why grammar has the rules it does. He also gives full attention to styling, the important matter of giving consistent treatment to numbers, abbreviations, generic terms, forms of address, foreign terms, etc. , in good writing.
A special feature of this book is the combined Glossary/Index, alphabetically arranged to give instant answers to the most commonly asked questions about misused words, phrases, and constructions, and cross-referenced to the text if a longer explanation is desired.
For the novice, the professional, for anyone who cares about the language, THE HANDBOOK OF GOOD ENGLISH is THE indispensable guide to proper communication.