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Blue book of grammar and punctuation 11th ed jane straus. Round numbers higher than ninetynine dont require a hyphen. Infrequent references to money read best when written out as spelledout numbers plus the word for the currency involved. Look at the following examples of correctly placed hyphens in numbers. Capitalization and writing numbers are also covered extensively. As we discuss in the eleventh edition of the blue book of grammar and punctuation, writing numbers is a complex topic, with many exceptions. This area includes resources on grammar topics, such as count and noncount nouns, articles a versus an, subjectverb agreement, and prepositions.
Finding nouns, verbs, and subjects quiz 2 answers 163. On writing by stephen king the elements of style by william strunk jr. If you missed the first two installments, you can read them here. Apr 14, 2007 as we discuss in the eleventh edition of the blue book of grammar and punctuation, writing numbers is a complex topic, with many exceptions. The first 60 pages of the book contain the most common rules of grammar and punctuation. The blue book of grammar and punctuation is filled with easytounderstand rules,realworld examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre and posttests. Thanks again to lester and tom, who recently released a new edition of the blue book of grammar and punctuation. All the grammar, punctuation, and usage rules and examples on the website plus dozens of quizzes with answers.
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The blue book of grammar and punctuation by jane straus. Punctuation, capitalization, and writing numbers mastery test. Remembering jane straus may 18, 1954february 25, 2011 author of the original blue book of grammar and punctuation. The blue book of grammar and punctuation is a concise, entertaining workbook and guide to english grammar, punctuation, and usage. While the rules may sometimes seem contradictory, the most. The blue book of grammar and punctuation, eleventh edition english usage rules explained in plain english it doesnt take a lifetime to master english grammar and punctuation. Most newspapers and magazines drop theoxford comma in a simple series, apparently feeling its unnecessary. An easytouse guide with clear rules, realworld examples, and reproducible quizzes, 11th edition. Most newspapers and magazines drop theoxford comma in a simple. The blue book of grammar and punctuation 10th tenth. The blue book of grammar and punctuation pearltrees. This handy workbook is ideal for teachers, students in middle school through college, esl students, homeschoolers, and professionals. Concepts are described in clear and simple phrases, and backed up with examples one would find in everyday language.
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When using abbreviations for units of measurement in your writing, always express numbers as numerals. Parts of speech, subjectverb agreement, tricky words such as who or whom, and effective writing tips are the topics in the grammar section. Finding nouns, verbs, and subjects quiz 1 answers 163. To us, using numerals for singledigit numbers looks tacky. Straus was a freshman when she started her career as a writer for the state of california, where she taught the state employees good writing skills. Again, consistency is the selection from the blue book of grammar and punctuation. When writing a compound numberany number made up of two wordswe use a hyphen between each word. Feb 10, 2014 the blue book of grammar and punctuation, eleventh edition english usage rules explained in plain english it doesnt take a lifetime to master english grammar and punctuation. Writing numbers quiz 1 from the blue book of grammar and punctuation.
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Its extremely well organized, ensuring that readers can quickly locate a required topic. Even the leading guidebooks for writers, the associated press stylebook and the chicago manual of style, have different approaches. Writing numbers quiz 2 the blue book of grammar and punctuation. Punctuation, capitalization, and writing numbers mastery test 159. Postal service recommends that you do not use any punctuation.
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Jane straus is the author of the blue book of grammar and punctuation and developer of. A handy clear guide to all the rules for writing numbers with examples given great for essay writing editing. Similarly, when writing about money, use numerals in connection with the dollar sign or other currency symbols. When the last comma in a series comes before and or or after daughterinlaw in theabove example, it is known as the oxford comma. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, the bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon. Except for a few basic rules, spelling out numbers vs. Jan 01, 1997 the blue book of grammar and punctuation is filled with easytounderstand rules, realworld examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre and posttests. There are certain numbers that we spell out in letters, while there are others that we only write in numerals 1, 2, 3, etc. Punctuation, capitalization, and writing numbers mastery test 1 7 answers to quizzes 116 grammar pretest 116 finding subjects and verbsquiz 1 118. Topics include subject and verb agreement, pronouns, modifying parts of speech, problems with prepositions, fragments, commas, semicolons, parentheses, hyphens, dashes, capitalization, writing numbers, and much morebasically all the grammar rules you need. The blue book of grammar and punctuation jane straus.
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