Grammar & Discipline Writing Resources for Faculty

Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she brings her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice.

Features some of the most popular--and hotly debated--rulings of Chicago Style Q&A and also recovers old favorites long buried in the archives.

Contains clear guidance on style questions related to religious writing, including many topics not addressed in other references or online.

We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species.

This book has conveyed the principles of English style to millions of readers.

"A grammar, style, and punctuation handbook for modern writers" -- Cover

A concise, practical guide on the fundamentals of essay writing.

This text will give you all the bare essentials of grammar that you need to write like a pro.

According to Ben Yagoda's website, "I've noticed that a relatively small list of mistakes and problems accounted for the vast majority of the comments and corrections I make on my students' work. The book is an explanation of these problem spots, and a guide to getting them out of your writing."

"The work of writing clarifies who we are in relation to both God and the world about us." In the World equips readers to become better writers.

A short and entertaining book on the modern art of writing well by New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker.

They Say / I Say demystifies academic writing by identifying its key rhetorical moves, the most important of which is to summarize what others have said ("they say") to set up one's own argument ("I say").

Includes information and activities for students to learn parts of speech, sentence patterns, and sentence combining, as well as practice for short writing assignments, and essays.

In What Is Good Writing?, Geoffrey J. Huck advances the contemporary debate on writing achievement by drawing on empirical research in linguistics and the other cognitive sciences that shed light on the development of fluency in language.

Writing That Makes Sense takes students through the basics of the writing process and critical thinking, and it teaches them how to write various types of academic essays they are likely to encounter in their academic careers.

Writing Well in the 21st Century: The Five Essentials provides students, career-builders, and professional writers with the basic elements needed for writing in the 21st century.

Provides insight into: how to generate interesting ideas and get them down on paper; how to write a critical analysis; how to write a crisp opener; how to invigorate a dull style; how to punctuate with confidence; how to handle various conventions--and much more.