English Brushup - Softcover

Smith, R. Kent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0944210600 ISBN 13: 9780944210604

Publisher: Townsend Pr, 1993

Synopsis

This quick and and practical guide to grammar, punctuation, and usage skills contains important features that distinguish it from other grammar workbooks. The text's three-part format highlights the 16 most vital grammar skills up front, leaving the rest of the text for secondary topics and additional grammar activities. A self-teaching approach enables students to see exactly what they need to brush up on, and gives them focused examples and practice exercises to speed them to mastery. Finally, the manageable size and short, well-organized chapters give students just the coverage they need.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Mastery Tests: Part Three contains an additional bank of ten mastery tests and five editing tests.
Overview of the Writing Process: The student introduction has been expanded to include an overview of the writing process, along with examples and practice.
Practice Exercises have been revised and updated throughout.
Three-Part Format: The text's three-part format highlights the most vital grammar skills up front, leaving the rest of the text for secondary topics and additional grammar activities.
Self-Teaching Approach: This approach enables students to see exactly what they need to brush up on, and gives them focused examples and practice exercises to speed them to mastery.
Size and Price: English Brushup's brevity, inexpensive price, and well-organized chapters give students just the coverage they need at a price they can afford.

About the Author:

John Langan has taught reading and writing at Atlantic Community College near Atlantic City, New Jersey, for over twenty years. The author of a popular series of college textbook on both reading and writing, he enjoys the challenge of developinging materials that teach skills in an especially clear and lively way. Before teaching, he earned advanced degrees in writing at Rutgers University and in reading at Glassboro State Collee. He also spent a year writing fiction.

About this edition

• Publisher: Townsend Pr
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0944210600
• ISBN 13: 9780944210604
• Binding: Paperback