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From: bathurst@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Bruce Bathurst)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: English grammars and related books
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Date: 3 Feb 90 00:29:17 GMT
Reply-To: bathurst@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Bruce Bathurst)
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Someone in this newsgroup asked about grammars, but I've forgotten
his name.  Here's what I use:-

Jespersen, O., 1933. Essentials of English grammar.
   University, Alabama: Univ. of Alabama Press. 
(Reports the English language as it is rather than how it should be.)

Partridge, E., 1953. You have a point there--a guide to punctuation
   and its allies. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
(A personal book on punctuation as an art.)

Partridge, E., 1973. Usage and abusage. London: Penguin.
(Supplements H.W. Fowler's Moden English Usage.)

Gowers, E., 1973. The complete plain words. London: Peguin.
(For many years unavailable in the U.S.; guess Penguin thought there
 was no market here for a book on how to write clearly.)

Payne, L.V., 1965. The lively art of writing. Chicago: Follett.
(A cheerful little book emphasizing the structure of essays.)

Carter, S.P., 1987. Writing for your peers--the primary Journal
   article. New York: Praeger.
(A rather vague book of lower quality than those above; but it has
a nice discussion of introductions.)

Bruce

Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences
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