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02874cam a2200397 a 4500 |
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4874706 |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20210921180353.0 |
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090930s2010 cau 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2009040410 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781580087407 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
158008740X |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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(OCoLC)444874706 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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DLC |
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OCL |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
808.042 |
| Item number |
CAS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Casagrande, June. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
It was the best of sentences, it was the worst of sentences : |
| Remainder of title |
a writer's guide to crafting killer sentences / |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Berkeley, Ca. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Ten Speed Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
ix, 214 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
18 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
The sentence : the writer's most important tool -- Who cares? Making sentences meaningful to your readers -- Conjunctions that kill : subordination -- Movable objects : understanding phrases and clauses -- Size matters : short versus long sentences -- Words gone wild : sentences that say nothing -- Words gone mild : choosing specific words over vague ones -- A frequently overstated case : the truth about adverbs -- Are your relatives essential? Relative clauses -- Antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers : prepositional phrases -- Danger danger : participles and other danglers -- The writing was ignored by the reader : passives -- You will have been conjugating : other matters of tense -- The being and the doing are the killing of your writing : nominalizations -- The the : not-so-definite definite articles -- The writer and his father lamented his ineptitude : unclear antecedents -- To know them is to hate them : faulty and funky parallels -- Taking the punk out of punctuation : the problem with semicolons and parentheses -- You don't say : descriptive quotation attributions -- Trimming the fat : expressions that weigh down your sentences -- The major overhaul : streamlining even the most problematic sentences -- On breaking the 'rules" : knowing when to can the canons. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"This humorous writing book from grammar columnist June Casagrande focuses on the sentence as the unit of meaning in writing, showing writing students and professional writers alike how to craft bold, effective, reader-serving. sentences"--Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
English language |
| General subdivision |
Sentences |
| Form subdivision |
Problems, exercises, etc. |
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English language |
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Grammar |
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2446 |
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English language |
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Paragraphs |
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Problems, exercises, etc. |
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English language |
| General subdivision |
Writing. |
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2470 |
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English language |
| General subdivision |
Rhetoric |
| Form subdivision |
Problems, exercises, etc. |
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Creative writing. |
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1792 |
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0 |
| Cataloger's initials, CIN (RLIN) |
160705 |
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