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In a fun, comprehensive guide, Yagoda lays out the simple steps that we all can take to make our writing more effective, more interesting - and just plain better. As "lolspeak" and texts take over our linguistic consciousness, Yagoda emphasizes the lost art of grammar and the well-constructed sentence. He provides clear grammatical rules to help students and writers everywhere write better; this is a book for anyone who wants to improve his or her...

"The ninth edition of the MLA Handbook is a . . . guide that offers student writers and writing instructors guidance on creating works-cited-list entries in MLA style using the template of core elements. It features advice on punctuation, grammar, inclusive language, formatting research papers, and in-text citations. Includes an appendix of sample works-cited-list entries, illustrations, and an index"--Provided by publisher.

"In school, you will be asked to do research and write up your findings--from a brief summary to long reports. This eBook presents 20 steps for writing clearly, explaining how to organize the research process so writing is easy." --