The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is filled with easy-to-understand rules,real-world examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre- and post-tests.This handy workbook is ideal for teachers, students in middle school through college, ESL students, homeschoolers, and professionals. Valuable for anyone who takes tests or writes reports, letters, Web pages, e-mails, or blogs, The Blue Book offers instant answers to everyday English usage questions.
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From the Back Cover
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation, Tenth Edition
"Designed to answer the most pressing grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and usage questions . . . In this revised and updated tenth edition of her best-selling book, Jane Straus adds a new section on Confusing Words and Homonyms with hundreds of the trickiest words defined and explained. Hailed as 'a masterpiece of clarity and usefulness.'"
—From the Foreword by Mignon Fogarty, creator of the Grammar Girl podcast
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is filled with easy-to-understand rules,real-world examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre- and post-tests.
This handy workbook is ideal for teachers, students in middle school through college, ESL students, homeschoolers, and professionals. Valuable for anyone who takes tests or writes reports, letters, Web pages, e-mails, or blogs, The Blue Book offers instant answers to everyday English usage questions.
Praise for Jane Straus and The Blue Book
"Clearly presented so that you can easily find the informationyou're looking for. This is great for students or for anyone who has troubleremembering the rules of grammar and punctuation."
—Kate Russell, BBC World/ClickOnline
"Never has there been such a well-arranged, easily navigatedguidebook as this. It is perfect for the homeschool family. One of the mostpractical, useable, beneficial resources, it doubles both as a quick referenceguide and student workbook (with answers in the back)!"
—The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
"Grammarians and citizens, I invite you to raise a glass to Jane Straus. The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is one-stop shopping for comprehensive grammar and style rules and is as charming as it is useful. I can't imagine one person whose writing wouldn't benefit enormously from reading this book."
—Kate McCulley, The Grammar Vandal, www.thegrammarvandal.com
About the Author
Jane Straus has created the popular Web site www.Grammarbook.com, which offers additional self-scoring, downloadable quizzes, video lessons, and a weekly online newsletter full of helpful tips. Jane is also a personal life coach and the author of Enough Is Enough! from Jossey-Bass. She keynotes at educational conferences and workshops, writes articles for publication, and appears frequently on TV and radio for her expertise in communications, relationships, and lifestyle enhancement.
Customer Reviews
Very helpful tool
This book has been a very helpful tool for me while tutoring students in reading, writing, and spelling. Easy to use. I almost gave it 5 stars but hey nothing is perfect. I do think this book is very helpful and has not let me down when I needed to find an example or a rule. Good work. Reasonably priced
Also, great job from Amazon.com. Book arrived quickly and in excellant condition.
The Blue Book on Englis Grammar and Punctuation
This is a book that my niece asked for for Christmas and that she also needs badly. I also like the idea that it has quizes inside the book to practice with. Great book!
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
Very helpful - covers everything you need to know on writing a story or news article with correct grammar and punctuation. Brings you up to date on modern-day grammar and punctuation, as well as emphasizing rules that have been in existence forever!
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