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This work aims to give clear guidance to good pronunciation and is written in an accessible form. It explains common problems - what causes them, what are the correct sound formations - and then provides tested practical exercises to bring about the improvement required.

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The essential reference work for writers, editors and proofreaders.

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The only guide youll need to help you make that speech a success.

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Comedy Writing Secrets has been a perennial bestseller on the Writers Digest list; the third edition revises the existing material with fresh material, references, jokes, and examples, and adds 25% new material (focused mainly on online humor). It cuts the excess fluff while also adding instruction for the ever-growing online humor market.

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Offers guidance on specific aspects of written English. This book is an A-Z checklist of the mistakes that crop up in various aspects of written English. It gives guidance on usage difficulties, and includes several controversies, pitfalls and oddities of English. It is suitable for those who do any kind of writing.

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With exemplary cases of original texts from across disciplines and cultures, this is the first book that discusses how reading and understanding could often be surreptitiously and serendipitously influenced by the invisible but prosodically indispensable text-enlivened trivial function words.

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France presents a critique of composition theory and pedagogy from a leftist perspective. He contests the notion that composition courses have no "content" and are only "skills" courses, devoid of intellectual suppositions and cultural premises.

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This comprehensive dictionary of words and phrases is for all who want to use the Scots language.

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Presents a comprehensive survey of the ways in which linguistics is being used by researchers in a wide-range of interdisciplinary areas. This book presents an overview of various applications of linguistics to such diverse fields as economics, law, religion, tourism, media studies and health care.

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Containing over 1,000 quotations by noted African Americans and black African men and women, from Spike Lee to Terry McMillan, from Colin Powell to Shaquille O'Neal, from Nelson Mandela to U.S. poet laureate Rita Dove, this selection of contemporary quotations is inspirational, spiritual, and uplifting.

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Whether you are writing a police procedural or a psychological thriller, a contemporary or historically set novel, this book will help you identify the right beginning, middle and end of your crime novel. It will help you recognise your talent and realise your ambition in practical and realistic ways.

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This comprehensive resource brings together the best information available on crucial element for any fiction writer: dialogue. Writers of novels and short stories will benefit from this book, learning techniques to craft authentic dialogue, handle dialect, distinguish characters with different voices, drive the plot of their story, and more.

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A comprehensive resource that provides in-depth information about every aspect of writing novels and short stories, so readers can discover new ways to generate ideas, implement intriguing techniques, and find the inspiration they need to finish their work.

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The personal essay, of course, stems from the 'personal' thoughts and experiences of the writer, but ultimately the essay (like all literary writing) must transcend the merely private to become universal. How is this done This title shows readers how to write nine different types of personal essays.

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This indispensable guide demystifies the process of gaining visibility in the literary marketplace and shows you how to market yourself and your work effectively and efficiently. This guide is a one-stop platform resource for teaching people how to sell books, make more money, and launch a successful career as an author.

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