The Least You Should Know About English: Writing Skills, Form C, 10th Edition

The Least You Should Know About English: Writing Skills, Form C, 10th Edition
by Paige Wilson, Teresa Ferster Glazier
Paperback: 325 pages
Published: January 1, 2010
ISBN-10: 0495902861
ISBN-13: 978-0495902867

Quickly master English writing skills with THE LEAST YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ENGLISH: WRITING SKILLS, FORM C, Tenth Edition. Brief and uncomplicated, this text has helped students learn the basics of English writing for thirty years with its clear, concise concept explanations and useful, relevant corresponding exercises. Topics include spelling, word choice, sentence structure, and punctuation as well as more advanced topics such as the writing process, argumentation, and summarizing skills. Check your work easily with exercise answers located in the back of the book. When the course ends, this text is an excellent writing resource for all your college courses and beyond.

This book is for students who need to review basic English skills and who may profit from a simplifi ed “least you should know” approach. Parts 1 to 3 cover the essentials of word choice and spelling, sentence structure, punctuation and capitalization.
Part 4 on Writing teaches students the basic structures of the paragraph and the essay, along with the writing skills necessary to produce them.
The “least you should know” approach attempts to avoid the use of linguistic terminology whenever possible. Students work with words they know instead of learning a vocabulary they may never use again.
Abundant exercises include practice writing sentences and proofreading paragraphs. Diligent students learn to use the rules automatically and thus carry their new skills over into their writing. Most exercises consist of sets of ten thematically related, informative sentences on both timely and timeless subjects — anything from a moon crater named after Michael Jackson to ways to avoid being struck by lightning. Such exercises reinforce the need for coherence and details in student writing. With answers provided at the back of the book, students can correct their own work and progress at their own pace.
The Tenth Edition includes new and updated exercises and tests throughout Parts 1–3. Part 4 on Writing has been fully revised to offer a new section on “Writing an Argument,” along with many other improvements.