Rules for Writers

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Edition: 11th
Format: Spiral Bound
Pub. Date: 2025-08-01
Publisher(s): Macmillan Higher Education
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Table of Contents

A Process for Writing
Exploring, planning, and drafting
Writing paragraphs
Revising, editing, and reflecting
AI and the writing process

Academic Reading and Writing

Reading and writing critically
Reading and writing about multimodal texts
Reading arguments
Writing arguments
Writing about literature

Clarity

10  Verbs
11  Parallelism
12  Needed words
13  Mixed constructions
14  Misplaced and dangling modifiers
15  Shifts
16  Emphasis
17  Variety
18  Wordy sentences
19  Appropriate language
20  Exact words; glossary of usage

Grammar

21  Sentence fragments
22  Run-on sentences
23  Subject-verb agreement (is or are etc.)
24  Pronoun-antecedent agreement (singular or plural)
25  Pronoun reference
26  Pronoun case (I vs. me etc.)
27  who and whom
28  Adjectives and adverbs
29  Verb forms, tenses, and moods

Multilingual Writers and ESL Topics

30  Verbs
31  Articles (a, an, the)
32  Sentence structure
33  Prepositions and idiomatic expressions
34  Paraphrasing sources effectively

Punctuation

35  The comma
36  Unnecessary commas
37  The semicolon
38  The colon
39  The apostrophe
40  Quotation marks
41  End punctuation
42  Other punctuation marks

Mechanics

43  Abbreviations
44  Numbers
45  Italics
46  Spelling
47  Hyphenation
48  Capitalization

Grammar Basics

49  Parts of speech
50  Sentence patterns
51  Subordinate word groups
52  Sentence types

Research

53  Thinking like a researcher; gathering sources
54  Managing information; taking notes responsibly
55  Evaluating sources

Writing Essays in MLA Style

56  Supporting a thesis
57  Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism
58  Integrating sources
59  Documenting sources in MLA style
60  MLA format; sample research essay

Writing Papers in APA Style

61  Supporting a thesis
62  Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism
63  Integrating sources
64  Documenting sources in APA style
65  APA format; sample research paper

Answers to lettered exercises

Index

Glossary of editing terms

Menu for multilingual writers

Detailed menu

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