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English Simplified, 13th edition

Published by Pearson (December 27, 2011) © 2013

  • Blanche Ellsworth San Franciso State University
  • John A. Higgins Emeritus, York College, City University of New York
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English Simplified, at only 80 pages, is a concise, inexpensive grammar handbook that covers grammar usage, paragraphs, essays, and research and documentation.

English Simplified has long been the choice of instructors searching for a brief, inexpensive, easy-to-use handbook as it provides coverage of key topics: grammar, punctuation, mechanics, spelling, and word choice, as well as the latest updates on documentation style, and material on note-taking, source evaluation, and avoiding plagiarism.  Additional information is included  for ESL writers, and a separate exercise book is also available for a nominal fee.

  • A concise, affordable quick-and-handy reference for grammar rules that students can afford in addition to any other assigned textbooks or as a stand-alone resource.
  • Easily portable and 3-hole punched–easy to integrate with a course notebook.
  • A separate, completely revised Exercise Book offers more practice for struggling students.
  • An emphasis on electronic research and writing, with thorough coverage of note-taking, evaluating sources, and avoiding plagiarism that reflects current classroom trends.
  • ESL Tips on prepositions, verb forms, articles and determiners, dependent clauses, subject-verb agreement, and other topics support students whose first language is not English.
  • Sample student paragraphs offer models of good writing.
  • Sample Bibliography and Works Cited pages provide an easy reference guide to what a complete, properly formatted sources page should look like.
  • Emphasis on the 3 most common sentence-level errors helps students avoid the most common grammatical pitfalls—comma splices, fused sentences, and fragments.
  • An emphasis on clear writing, which is the focus of the dozens of new examples on fixing unclear pronoun reference, unclear modifiers, illogical or confused sentence construction, omitted needed words, and confusing use of commas, apostrophes, and hyphens. New sections cover cluttered sentences, buried subjects, possessives with understood nouns, overuse of negatives, excessive punctuation, and exaggerated or needless modifiers (awesome, totally, etc.).
  • Current guidelines for APA and MLA in the reference list sections. 
  • The verb tense overview chart, sample tree outline, and thorough list of essay-development methods for essays are of great use to students and reinforce and empower them to be creative.
  • The straightforward, easy-to-comprehend approach has been vigorously revised and thus strongly reinforces the skills needed to easily grasp various grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and style topics, which students can apply to other courses.
  • Updated real-life examples of unclear prose underscore the importance of being precise in your writing. Now students have examples of what to avoid and what NOT to do!
  • Newly refined coverage and unique additions to clarity in writing—both in Part 4 and throughout the book—will help students to be clear, concise, and correct.
  • Extensive revisions to Part 5 on electronic research provide fresh and current perspectives to help students avoid plagiarism.
  • Part 5 also includes new examples of paragraph, essay, and research paper development that help students further understand the importance of proper editing and proofreading.
  • English Simplified, 13th edition, includes the latest guidelines for MLA and APA documentation and sample entries to help you get your Works Cited list just right.
  • MyWritingLab (www.mywritinglab.com) has been integratedthroughout where appropriate and students can now get additional online practice and critical diagnostic feedback on the areas they need to improve in most.
  • Use mywritinglab.com to access the new eText and other MyWritingLab resources that will help you master content.

Preface iv

 

Part 1 (Sections 101—130)

Sentences and Grammar

101—103. Sentences 1

104—110. Parts of Speech: SURVEY 2

111—112. Using Nouns 5

113—118. Using Verbs 6

119—120. Using Adjectives

and Adverbs 13

121—123. Using Pronouns 15

124—125. R ecognizing Phrases,

Clauses 19

126—127. Ag reement 21

128—130. Clear, Effective Sentences 24

Part 2 (Sections 201—227)

Punctuation

201—203. Comma [,] 31

204—205. Period [.] 34

206—207. Question Mark [?] 35

208—209. Exclamation Point [!] 35

210. Semicolon [;] 36

211—213. Apostrophe [’] 36

214. Italics (Underlining) 37

215—219. Quotation Marks [“ ”] 38

220—221. Colon [:] 39

222. Dash [–] 40

223—224. Parentheses [( )] 40

225. Brackets [[ ]] 41

226. Hyphen [-] 41

227. Slash [/] 42 

Part 3 (Sections 301—314)

Mechanics, with Spelling

301—303. Capitalization 43

304. Word Division (Syllabication) 45

305—307. Numbers 45

308—309. Abbreviations 46

310—314. Spelling 47

Part 4 (Sections 401—404)

Word Choice

401. Conciseness, Clarity, Originality 50

402. Standard, Appropriate English 52

403. Nondiscriminatory Terms 54

404. Similar Words Often Confused 54

Part 5 (Sections 501—510)

Paragraphs and Papers

501. Manuscript Form 60

502—503. Paragraphs 60

504. Netiqu ette Guidelines 63

505—506. Essays 63

507—510. Research Papers 67

 

Index Inside back cover

 

Quick Locator Chart (Detailed Contents) Back cover

 

ESL writers may wish to review the following sections:

107B     Prepositions 4

115B     Irregular Verb Forms 8

116 Tense and Other Verb Forms 9

117A     Note on Infinitives 12

120 Articles and Determiners 14

125B     Kinds of Dependent Clauses 20

401A     Double Negatives, Double Subjects, Double thats 50

403A     Nonsexist Terms 54

502 Paragraph Length 60

503C     Transitional Expressions 61

505—506 Essays 63

508B     Avoiding Plagiarism 70

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