The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing - Third Edition - Softcover

Babington, Doug; LePan, Don

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9781551119700: The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing - Third Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551119706 ISBN 13: 9781551119700

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2009

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The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing is a concise volume presenting essential material from the fourth edition of the full Broadview Guide to Writing. Included are summaries of key grammatical points and a reference guide to basic grammar; a glossary of usage; tips on writing style; a guide to bias-free writing; coverage of punctuation and writing mechanics; helpful advice on Internet research; and much more. For the third edition the section on citation and documentation (in four commonly-used styles―MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE) has been extensively revised and updated.

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About the Author:

Doug Babington is Director of the Writing Centre at Queen’s University, and the author of articles both on writing and on literature. Don LePan's most recent book is a novel, Animals (V�hicule, 2009). Maureen Okun is a professor in the departments of English and of Liberal Studies at Vancouver Island University.

Review:

"By far the most readable writing guide available―at any price." – Jacky Bolding, University of the Fraser Valley

"The Broadview Guide to Writing (4/e) registers the seriousness of academic writing yet reads like an amiable conversation with writers." – Robyn Fowler, University of Albe

Impressive, especially when compared to more costly yet comparable texts." – Anne Maxham, Antioch University

"It's very good―clear without being condescending." – Jonathan Sadow, State University of New York at Oneonta

"The time is right for an inexpensive, no-frills composition text, and The Broadview Guide (4/e) is exactly that." – Richard Spacek, University of New Brunswick

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