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English Simplified, 11/e

BASIC APPROACH

(Note: This textbook was published by our college division for use by students at post-secondary institutions whose writing skills are below the level needed to succeed in college English. Please review this text carefully to ensure appropriateness of content for your students.)

English Simplified—at 80 pages—is a concise, inexpensive grammar handbook that covers grammar usage, paragraphs, essays, and research and documentation.

English Simplified has long been the choice of instructors searching for a brief, inexpensive, easy-to-use handbook. English Simplified, Eleventh Edition, continues to provide comprehensive coverage of grammar, punctuation, mechanics, spelling, word choice, and includes tips for ESL writers, easy-to-read tables that clarify verb tenses and forms, the latest updates on documentation style, and material on note-taking, source evaluation, and avoiding plagiarism. A separate, inexpensive exercise book is also available.

FEATURES

• Students have a concise and inexpensive quick-handy reference for grammar rules in addition to other textbooks assigned.
• Easily portable and 3-hole punched, encourages students to integrate the text with their course notebooks.
• An Exercise Book has been completely revised and updated, and is available separately.
• Thorough coverage of note-taking, evaluating sources, and avoiding plagiarism reflects current trends in research. The Eleventh Edition offers material on Internet research, taking notes from electronic sources, and evaluating and citing these sources in MLA and APA styles.
• Special ESL Tips have been included on prepositions, verb forms, articles and determiners, dependent clauses, subject-verb agreement, and other topics.
• Sample student paragraphs show students that they can also write paragraphs at a professional level.
• Full Sample Bibliography and Works Cited pages give students an easy reference guide to what a complete, properly formatted sources page should look like.
• Coverage of E-mail and Netiquette rules stress this writing platform becoming a primary means of communication in academia.
• Emphasis on the 3 most common sentence-level errors helps students avoid the most common grammatical pitfalls—comma splices, fused sentences, and fragments.

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