One Day in the Life of the English Language A Microcosmic Usage Handbook 1st Edition by Frank Cioffi 0691165076 9780691165073

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ISBN 10: 0691165076

ISBN 13: 9780691165073

Author: Frank L. Cioffi

A one-of-a-kind handbook that uses a day in the life of written English to illustrate the benefits of effective grammar Generations of student writers have been subjected to usage handbooks that proclaim, “This is the correct form. Learn it”—books that lay out a grammar, but don’t inspire students to use it. By contrast, this antihandbook handbook, presenting some three hundred sentences drawn from the printed works of a single, typical day in the life of the language—December 29, 2008—tries to persuade readers that good grammar and usage matter. Using real-world sentences rather than invented ones, One Day in the Life of the English Language gives students the motivation to apply grammatical principles correctly and efficiently. Frank Cioffi argues that proper form undergirds effective communication and ultimately even makes society work more smoothly, while nonstandard English often marginalizes or stigmatizes a writer. He emphasizes the evolving nature of English usage and debunks some cherished but flawed grammar precepts. Is it acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition? It is. Can you start a sentence with a conjunction? You can. OK to split an infinitive? No problem. A grammar and usage handbook like no other, One Day in the Life of the English Language features accessible chapters divided into “Fundamentals,” “Fine Tuning,” and “Deep Focus,” allowing readers to select a level most suited to their needs. It also includes a glossary, a teachers’ guide, and a section refuting some myths about digital-age English.

One Day in the Life of the English Language A Microcosmic Usage Handbook 1st Table of contents:

1. Actants, Actions, Ongoing States: Nouns, Verbs, and the Sentences They Form
Why Learn the Parts of Speech?
Fundamentals
Fine Tuning
Deep Focus

2. Words That Modify and Orient: Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions, Prepositions, Articles, Interjections
The Power of Small Words Well Deployed
Adjectives
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Prepositions
Articles
Interjections

3. Who Is He/She? Pronouns
A Whole Chapter on Pronouns?
Fundamentals
Fine Tuning
Deep Focus

4. Punctuation, Part I—The Comma: Promiscuous Uses
Introduction: Punctuation Substitutes for Oral Emphases, Facial Expressions, and Body Language
Fundamentals
Fine Tuning
Deep Focus

5. Punctuation, Part II—The Colon, Semicolon, and More Mysteries of Punctuation
The Colon and Semicolon
The Apostrophe
The Dash
The Quotation Mark
End Punctuation and Combining Sentences

6. Diction: Sentences as Clockwork
On the Interconnectedness of Words
Fundamentals
A Microconclusion

Appendix I: Fifteen Myths of Digital-Age English
Appendix II: Using This Book to Teach College Writing: A Microguide
Fifty Key Terms: A Microglossary
Works Cited
General Sources
December 29, 2008, Examples

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