1 / 5

A Pocket Style Manual

A Pocket Style Manual. By Diana Hacker. A Pocket Style Manual by Diana Hacker. A Pocket Style Manual by Diana Hacker Fourth Edition Clarity, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, research, MLA, APA, Chicago, usage, grammatical terms ISBN 0-312-40684-3. A Pocket Style Manual by Diana Hacker.

cailin-burch
Download Presentation

A Pocket Style Manual

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. A Pocket Style Manual By Diana Hacker

  2. A Pocket Style Manualby Diana Hacker A Pocket Style Manual by Diana Hacker Fourth Edition Clarity, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, research, MLA, APA, Chicago, usage, grammatical terms ISBN 0-312-40684-3

  3. A Pocket Style Manualby Diana Hacker Tighten Wordy Sentences Make a distinction between inflated and empty prose and vigorous and concise writing.

  4. A Pocket Style Manualby Diana Hacker Tighten Wordy Sentences Along the lines of = like At the present time = now Because of the fact that = because By means of = by Due to the fact that = because For the reason that = because In order to = to In spite of the fact that = although In the event that = if Until such time as = until

  5. A Pocket Style Manualby Diana Hacker Use Active Verbs The coolant pumps were destroyed by a surge of power. passive A surge of power destroyed the coolant pumps. active The subject of the sentence should do something to the objects of the verb.

More Related