Suitable for senior secondary and university students, teachers, and all users of English as reference or for self-study 7 practical strategies for clear and effective writing Over 2,000 example sentences throughout the book illustrate grammatical points and correct usage Contains a practical A-Z guide to the proper use of some 300 troublesome words Down-to-earth coverage of a broad range of topics of grammar and usage with detailed but easy-to-understand explanations and practice exercises (with answers) Topics that are likely to be weak spots of learners are given particular attention, such as subject-verb agreement, the number attribute of nouns, verb tenses, articles, prepositions, restrictive and non-restrictive clauses, participial phrases, conditional sentences, punctuation, parallel structure, reported speech, and word skills
This book offers basic guidelines on writing effectively for academic purposes. It reminds students that writing is an integral part of the learning process, and shows them how to write clear sentence