The Canadian Writer's Handbook: Third Essentials Edition - Softcover

Messenger, William E.; De Bruyn, Jan; Brown, Judy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019016400X ISBN 13: 9780190164003

Publisher: OUP Canada, 2022

Synopsis

The Canadian Writer's Handbook, Third Essentials Edition is a streamlined version of the successful Concise Canadian Writer's Handbook. The Essentials Edition uses the accessible, well-organized, and classroom-tested structure of the full volume, and continues to feature descriptions and examples of the entire writing process, from basic grammar, to constructing sentences and paragraphs, to pre-writing, composing, proofreading, and editing. This new edition includes more coverage of how to quote and paraphrase to avoid plagiarism, and has updated coverage of MLA, APA, Chicago, CSE, and IEEE styles, and a new MLA student research paper.

About this title

About the Author

William E. Messenger and Jan de Bruyn (both now deceased), both professors emeriti of the University of British Columbia, produced the first edition of The Canadian Writer's Handbook (main volume) in 1980. Judy Brown (now deceased) joined the project as an editorial consultant on the third edition; she was senior instructor and associate head in the English department at UBC.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Canada
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019016400X
• ISBN 13: 9780190164003
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 304