Pocket Reference for Writers (3rd Edition) - Softcover

The Pocket Reference for Writers offers you the best coverage of the writing process in a pocket-sized handbook. This inexpensive reference can be used in any of your writing-intensive courses across the curriculum. It is also available in a longer spiral-bound version (College Writer's Reference) or a comprehensive version (The Blair Handbook).

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How to Use the Pocket Handbook

The Pocket Reference for Writers, Second Edition, has been carefully crafted to save you time when you need answers. Keep this handbook near you when you are writing. When you have a question, use the following tools to help you find what you need.

The detailed Contents (beginning on the inside front cover) lists the specific topics covered in each chapter.

The colored sections on the outer edge of the pages provide a quick reference to the various documentation styles: MLA (first), APA (second), CM (third).

The complete index in the back of the handbook lists, in alphabetical order, all the subjects covered in the book. The index is most useful when you know the name of the term for which you are searching.

The Pocket Reference for Writers, Second Edition, contains two glossaries placed before the index. They reference the following material:

• The Glossary of Usage explains the differences between commonly confused words.
• The Glossary of Grammatical Terms provides clear explanations of technical grammatical terms, from pronouns to present tense and past participle.

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