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Author:

Dreyer, Benjamin, author.

Title:

Dreyer's English : good advice for good writing (adapted for young readers) / Benjamin Dreyer.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Delacorte Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

287 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

English language--Rhetoric--Juvenile literature.
Exposition (Rhetoric)--Juvenile literature.
English language--Grammar--Juvenile literature.
English language--Usage--Juvenile literature.
English language--Errors of usage--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Adaptation of (expression): Dreyer, Benjamin. Dreyer's English.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The stuff in the front . The life-changing magic of tidying up (your prose) -- Assorted things to do (and not to do) with punctuation -- 1, 2, 3, go: the treatment of numbers -- A little grammar is a dangerous thing -- The realities of fiction -- The stuff in the back. Notes on, amid a list of, frequently and/or easily misspelled words -- Pet peeves -- The confusables -- Notes on proper nouns -- The trimmables -- The miscellany -- Outro: by the way of conclusion -- Things I like.

Summary:

"An informative and witty guide to writing and grammar, written especially for a younger audience"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0593176812
9780593176818
0593176804
9780593176801

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1235814039

LCCN:

2020040477

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

VCPD034 -- Robey Memorial Library-Waukon (Waukon)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)