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Scholarly Editing in the Computer Age : Theory and Practice
Peter Shillingsburg
Paperback - $50.95
Most readers, including professional literary academics, spend little time wondering about the state of the texts they are using. Yet the nature and status of texts, and the method of their editing, have profound effects on the ways they can be read. ...
Proofreading, Revising, & Editing Success
Brady Smith
Paperback - $24.95
When a written document reaches its audience, it needs to be word-perfect because spelling, grammar, and overall structure speak volumes about a writer's aptitude. Most standardized tests require that test takers write an essay or complete a short wr ...
The McGraw-Hill Desk Reference for Editors, Writers, and Proofreaders with CDROM
K. D. Sullivan
Paperback - $34.95
More essential than a red pencil, this is the one tool you can't go without
Whether you're a manager, an administrative assistant, a student, or a webmaster, at some point on the job you'll also need to become editor, writer, and proofreader. And n ...
Lapsing Into a Comma
Bill Walsh
Paperback - $24.95
In an opinionated, humorous, curmudgeonly way, the copy chief for the "Washington Post's" business desk goes beyond the "AP Stylebook" to apply the basic rules to unique, modern grammar issues. Walsh explains how to deal with perplexing situations su ...
Woodroof's Quotations, Commas and Other Things English : Instructor's Reference Edition
David K. Woodroof
Paperback - $28.95
FINALLY!! Forget the grammatical coin flips and that groping search for what might 'look" or 'sound" correct. This no-nonsense grammar reference provides quick, precise answers to the most frequently asked questions, Examples: 7How should this quotat ...
The Devil's Details : A History of Footnotes
Chuck Zerby
Paperback - $19.95
Footnotes have not had it easy. Their dominance of eighteenth- and nineteenth- century literature and scholarship was both hard-won -- following many years of struggle -- and doomed, as it led to belittlement in the twentieth century. In "The Devil's ...