Writing Rules!

You’ve heard it so many times, it’s become its own dreaded cliche, but writing skills are fading fast. Email, online chatting, texting, and who knows what now -- most people don’t take the time to write correctly. Day-to-day stuff: no problem. But what happens when you try to write an essay for a college application? Or take the SAT? Or apply for a job? This book tackles all the common mistakes: misspellings, incorrect word selection, suffixes, verb tenses, sentence and paragraph structure, and many other grammar issues. There’s a section on standardized test questions and another on how to write essays. Filled with the usual combination of friendly tone, important information, and nonsense. (Softcover, 120 pages, $12.95.)

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