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Summary: The Little, Brown Handbook
Review: Before I done read the Little Brown Handbook, my grammar was lousy and everybody would tell me "Hey, your grammar is lousy". But not no more. Now that I brought the Little Brown Handbook my grammar be much better. I done set down and read this book many months ago and I never done regretted it. I spent so many hours and hours pouring over this book that I'm reviewing right now, which is the Little Brown Handbook and I'm the better for it in that my grammar is so improved that even my teachers have told me that my grammar has improved. They say "Hey. Your grammar improved" and I say yes, I know it done has and I owe it all to the little brown handbook which I done brought and it was worth just about every penny and I mean that sincerely because it's a book that you will find the same way and you too will be able to write real good. Me love it this book immensely. I recommend it to anyone who be having trouble with grammar and stuff because lots of people do and they axe me how I done improved it and it's very simple and that is the little brown handbook and I would even go on television and endorse it for free, yup that's how much I like this here book that I have right here with me and I would lend it to you but since this is being red by someone right now, I don't know who you are and I don't know if I can trust you to give it back since I don't know you at all, and I mean no offense by that, no, none at all. But trust me that you will like this book real good.
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Summary: The Little Brown Handbook
Review: Don't dismiss this book as being just for students! This book distinguishes itself by giving some helpful tips that go beyond those offered by many grammatical, word usage, & style books out there. For example, in determining whether to put a comma between two adjectives, Garner's book (Modern American Usage) doesn't give the tip of reversing the order of them like Little, Brown does. This book has many lists & other tips/tricks that come in handy. The book's chapters relating to grammer, sentences, punctuation, & mechanics would be useful to anyone who wants to improve his or her writing.
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Summary: Fourteen Years And Counting
Review: I have been using The Little, Brown Handbook for about 14 years now. I started when I was a freshman in college and haven't been without a copy since. This thing is absolutely fantastic. The layout is just about perfect, it's easy to understand and the index is the benchmark that every reference book should follow. If you write with any kind of regularity, you need this book.
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Summary: Useful in content and a good resource.
Review: The Little Brown Handbook is a good resource for writing term papers. It's references for the MLA Guidelines make this book a good tool.
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Summary: A must buy for all students!
Review: The Little, Brown Handbook is an invaluable resource for writing college papers. Everything from sentence structure to research paper formatting can be found in this book.
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Summary: It is Excellent Except that it is falling to pieces.........
Review: This book doesn't even live up to its title. It's difficult to find what you are looking for. Hopefully the author wasn't expecting me to read it cover-to-cover. Just look at all the people selling their used Little Handbooks for $5! The older editions go for even less money. You would think that after 8 editions they would have improved the utility. If you REALLY want one, by a $5 used one.
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Summary: Put this next to your dictionary!
Review: This book is a style guide, so it has no plot, no character development, and is about exciting as a box of Kleenex. However, it is a useful to for grammar and style guides. For example, it has business letter formats in it, necessary for any job application. Another thing it has is hints for research projects and how to organize your materials. Sot it is a writing tool, and serves as a check to your grammar-scan programs.The only complaint is that the newer ones aren't brown. How stupid is that? You ever see Mystery Men, and how the Blue Raja has no blue in his costume? Same thing! Make it brown!
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Summary: A Writing Essential
Review: This book not only contains a wealth of writing information, but it looks good, too! The full color pages make it easy to look at, and the book's small size is great for portability.
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Summary: What else does a writer need?
Review: This handbook is all an aspiring writer needs to grasp the technical aspects of the English language. Virtually every nuance of English grammar is discussed at length, including the subjunctive mood (yes, English has one), and the Passive voice (yes, the one your English teacher always asked you not to use!). The book has 883 pages. I will value this even more when I go to graduate school next year. Why is this book useful? Have you ever wanted to know how to correctly use question marks, commas, and quotation marks? Well, virtually every punctuation mark in existence is explained in the book. Typically rules of usage are given first, and then the explanation is followed by an example sentence. This format makes learning the concepts very easy. There are also extremely helpful chapters on the use reasoning skills, reading and thinking critically, revising, editing, finding sources, and many, many more helpful topics. The book has sections on MLA, APA, CBE, and Chicago Styles of citing works. So whether you need to write a paper for a Psychology class or an English class, you can find help here. There are also tips included on how to do work in various fields, such as the humanities and social sciences. Another informative section is Glossary of Usage chapter. Included here are commonly misused words, and an explanation of their correct usage (and examples of such usage). For instance, did you know that "lay" is transitive and "lie" intransitive? Or did you know that the past participle form of "lie" is "I have lain?" I could go on and on about what is included, but there is just so much, it would take more than a few pages! You will have to trust me that this book offers grammar tips, writing hints, citation methods, and other helpful tools. Here is a listing of the contents for all interested: Preface for Instructors Preface for Students: Using This Book Introduction: Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing Pt. I The Whole Paper and Paragraphs Pt. II Grammatical Sentences Pt. III Clear Sentences Pt. IV Effective Sentences Pt. V Punctuation Pt. VI Mechanics Pt. VII Effective Words Pt. VIII Research Writing Pt. IX Special Writing Situations App. A Document Format App. B Writing with a Computer App. C Oral Presentations, Glossary of Usage, Glossary of Terms
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Summary: The Little Brown Handbook
Review: This is a great reference book for anyone with grammar questions. The index and page layouts are brillantly designed by the Parsons School of Design, and it shows on every page. I have never found a reference book so easy to navigate. The book is small (mine is 5.5" X 8.5") AND amazingly lightweight for 800 pages . The binding is strong and the book lays comfortably open as you use it. YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK. I buy it for every writing job I take. This is my third copy.
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