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The Penguin Handbook [with Critical Analysis & MLA Updates]
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First published December 19, 2002
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January 17, 2023
Double plus good
When I went through school all we had were drills and more drills. My participle was dangling all the time. By the time I got to college, we branched out with such things as “Aims of discourse” and broke free of trying to force U.S. English into old Latin. Infinitives were made to be split.
But nothing in my formal education has prepared me for this animal. Yep, now we can look at writing in a new way. The first chapter gives it away as “Composing in a Visual Era”
I looked at both the hardback and paperback versions. I found the paperback to be too unwieldy. I tested the book in places where I know the information and it was confirmed. So, I feel comfortable learning new information. The book is more geared to research and documentation from the web vs. my trusty dusty library.
Even if you are a professional there are plenty of eye-openers in this book. I wish I had stumbled upon it earlier. Oh well better late than never (cliché time)
When I went through school all we had were drills and more drills. My participle was dangling all the time. By the time I got to college, we branched out with such things as “Aims of discourse” and broke free of trying to force U.S. English into old Latin. Infinitives were made to be split.
But nothing in my formal education has prepared me for this animal. Yep, now we can look at writing in a new way. The first chapter gives it away as “Composing in a Visual Era”
I looked at both the hardback and paperback versions. I found the paperback to be too unwieldy. I tested the book in places where I know the information and it was confirmed. So, I feel comfortable learning new information. The book is more geared to research and documentation from the web vs. my trusty dusty library.
Even if you are a professional there are plenty of eye-openers in this book. I wish I had stumbled upon it earlier. Oh well better late than never (cliché time)
April 23, 2009
While in college, I was forced to use this little piece of shit for everything I wrote...English I,II, Creative Writing, 19th Century Literature...etc, etc. I write to write, and I don't need a little "writing-rule-book" to tell me how to do it; for two years I felt like I was forced to write with my hands tied behind my back. Anyway...to Mr Faigley (a very unfortunate name, I might add,)I offer my most sincere apologies....but your Penguin Handbook sucks!
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