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This writer's handbook begins with an overview of the composition process, followed by detailed treatments of issues of clarity and style, sentence mechanics, spelling and punctuation, and research and documentation. Particular attention is also given to the use of computers, literary analysis, and business writing. Plastic comb binding. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyWritingLab™ does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyWritingLab, search for:0134023854 / 9780134023854 The Little, Brown Compact with Exercises Plus MyWritingLab™ with eText - Access Card PackagePackage includes: 0133954706 / 9780133954708 - MyWritingLab with eText: Valuepack Access Card 0321986504 / 9780321986504 - The Little, Brown Compact with Exercises, 9/e MyWritingLab is not a self-paced technology and should only be purchased when required by an instructor.The gold standard of handbooks—unmatched accuracy, currency, reliability The Little, Brown Compact maintains the authority of its best-selling parent (The Little, Brown Handbook) in a briefer book with spiral binding, tabbed dividers, and over 150 exercise sets. While keeping pace with rapid changes in writing and its teaching, it offers the most comprehensive research and documentation available, with grammar coverage that is second to none. “Culture-Language” notes explore the most common issues faced by both non-native English speakers and students with dialect interference; rather than segregating this material, coverage is integrated so that students don’t feel compartmentalized. With detailed discussions of critical reading, media literacy, academic writing, and argument, as well as writing as a process, writing in the disciplines, and writing beyond the classroom, this handbook addresses writers of varying experience and in varying fields in a format that is a brief and convenient.Also available with MyWritingLab™ This title is also available with MyWritingLab—an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts http://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/mywritinglab/
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