The Broadview Book of Common Errors in English: A Guide to Righting Wrongs

Lepan, Don

ISBN 10: 1551115867 / ISBN 13: 9781551115863

Published by Broadview Pr, 2003

About this Item

5th edition. 320 pages. 9.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Broadview Book of Common Errors in English: A Guide to Righting Wrongs
• Publisher: Broadview Pr
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551115867
• ISBN 13: 9781551115863
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.4 kilograms

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Synopsis

The Broadview Book of Common Errors in English offers full coverage of such common mistakes as commas splices, sentence fragments, words frequently confused, words frequently misspelled, mixed metaphors, and subject-verb agreement errors. In each case the problem is clearly explained, with examples illustrating both the nature of the trouble and how to put it right. Unlike many guides to grammar and usage, The Broadview Book refrains from dogmatism; it treats correctness in English not as an unchanging objective standard laden with moral overtones, but rather as a code of convenience that is extraordinarily useful in helping humans to communicate effectively and even elegantly. It thus retains an openness to the inevitable process of change in the English language, and recognizes that change does not imply debasement.

The fifth edition has been updated throughout, and includes new material on capitalization; on the connections between clear writing and clear arguments; on academic citation systems; on business writing; and on particular difficulties experienced by those whose first language is not English.

About the Author

Don LePan is also the author of a study of medieval and Shakespearean literary plots as reflections of habits of thought, The Cognitive Revolution in Western Culture, and (with Doug Babington) of The Broadview Guide to Writing, third edition.