Errors in English and Ways to Correct Them - 4th Edition by Harry Shaw (Paperback)

About the Book

An excellent study guide and reference book for home and office, focusing on common errors in word usage, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure and grammar. Table of Contents includes Understand What Writing Is; Preplan Everything You Write; Revise Everything You Write; Proofread Everything You Write; Guide to Grammar and Grammatical Usage; Guide to Correct Word Usage; Guide to Correct Sentence Structure; Guide to Correct Punctuation and Mechanics; Guide to Correct Spelling. Seven-page index.

Book Synopsis

An excellent guide to improving diction, punctuation, spelling, word usage, sentence structure, and grammar that uses extensive exercises and examples.

From the Back Cover

Do frequent mistakes in English usage cause you embarrassment, impede communication, and slow down your flow of thought? With the help of this book you can use these mistakes to solve most, or all, of the everyday problems that come up in your speaking and writing. Rather than merely laying out the sometimes formidable rules and terms of English language usage, this volume focuses on common errors in sentence structure, word usage, spelling, punctuation, and grammar. It enables you to make the leap from understanding the rules and parts of speech to actually correcting your writing flaws. This fourth edition provides many additional examples that demonstrate what's wrong with a sentence and shows how to fix it. It encourages you to identify your own patterns of spelling weaknesses. Exercises at the end of each section reinforce knowledge gained from the material. Because of its practical approach to good usage, this volume makes an excellent home study-guide and reference book for home and office. Many teachers will find it to be just what their students need.