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Write in Style Richard Palmer

Write in Style von Richard Palmer

Write in Style Richard Palmer


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Zusammenfassung

Richard Palmer's new edition of his popular study guide is for anyone wishing to improve their knowledge of written English.

Write in Style Zusammenfassung

Write in Style: A guide to good English Richard Palmer

Write in Style is aimed at all for whom clarity and accuracy of expression are important skills. All the main styles and grammaticalrules are covered, their sense axplained and vivid examples given of how not to write. Plenty of sound and meticulous advice is offered in a friendly and enthusiastic toneand a large part of the book covers specific types of writing, from essays and articles to minutes and reportage. The many illustrations, examples and exercises throughout help the reader put into practice the techniques and skillds the book explores.

Write in Style Bewertungen

Reviews from the first edition:

' an accessible and lively guide to English style and usage.' - Secondary and Higher Education Journal

'Richard Palmer has a formidable grasp of the language and illustrates his points with some fascinating quotations.' - UL Bradford Telegraph and Argus

'Brisk, attractive and undogmatic, and a distinguishing feature of the whole book is his obvious enjoyment of his task. This book would undoubtedly help any trainee scientist to improve his skills in transferring information in English - and to enjoy doing so.' - Journal of Fluid Mechanics

'Anyone looking for a ready source of ideas to stretch KS4 English pupils and to extend the range in their writing needs search no further! His book provides the necessary underpinning for any writer: confidence in handling language to its best effect in a register appropriate to the given task and audience individual lovers of the language will also find much in it to delight and test them.' - Journal of the Headmasters' Conference Schools

'This is not a book about the teaching of grammar: it is a book that does that grammar teaching itself ... I am sure it will provide the foundations for many a lesson plan; and it is not only teachers who will find this book invaluable as a reference resource.' - Writing in Education

Über Richard Palmer

Richard Palmer is Head of English at Bedford School. He has taught English for many years to a wide range of secondary and tertiary students. He has also been an examiner at GCSE and A level, and for The Open University

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: Engage Brain and Ear Before Writing 1. Disasters 2. Triumphs Part Two: Foundations 3. Introduction 4. Bone Structure 5. Joints Part Three: Style 6. Introduction: Style Versus Fashion 7. Fight the Flab 8. Voice Interlude: Writing and Computers; Part Four: Tailor-Made 9. Introduction 10. Letters 11. Essays 12. Articles 13. Reviews 14. Reports 15. Minutes 16. Precis and Summary 17. Reportage Part Five: Grammar Primer 18. An Outline Menu 19. Inflections 20. Syntax 21. Parts of Speech (Advanced) 22. Punctuation in Speech and Quotation 23. Spelling and Confusibles

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR002037101
9780415252638
0415252636
Write in Style: A guide to good English Richard Palmer
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Broschiert
Taylor & Francis Ltd
20021024
276
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