Longman Workbook for Readers and Writers

Weekes

Pearson Education Canada, Jul 18, 2000 - Language Arts & Disciplines

Contents

• Exercise: 12
• Exercise: 21
• Using a thesis to sort ideas: 27
• Characterizing your reader: 33
• Revising and Shaping Your Writing: 43
• Exercise: 59
• Exercise: 65
• Exercise: 71
• Editing and Proofreading: 77
• Editing for wordiness clichés generalizations and overblown language: 185
• Using commas to help join sentences: 191
• Using commas in a series and to separate coordinate adjectives: 197
• Using commas for clarification and avoiding unnecessary commas: 203
• Using apostrophes to show possession: 209
• Using quotation marks: 215
• Using ellipses and slashes: 221
• Editing for hyphens and word division: 227
• Exercise 75: 233
• Answer Key: 281

Bibliographic information

• Title: Longman Workbook for Readers and Writers
• Editor: Weekes
• Publisher: Pearson Education Canada, 2000
• ISBN: 0321012380, 9780321012388
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Reading Skills; Language Arts & Disciplines / Writing / Composition; Language Arts & Disciplines / Writing / General