 | Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose by Constance Hale
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.00 Constance Hale reviews grammar basics in wickedly effective prose. Experience great joy in reviewing basic grammar!
-- C J Singh
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 | Copyediting: A Practical Guide by Karen Judd
Buy new: $19.46 / Used from: $4.57 Best book on teaching yourself copyediting basics. After doing the exercises in this book, you can readily update your knowledge online at 'The Chicago Manual of Style Online's Q&A.' The website is run by Carol Fisher Saller. For a sampling of her witty answers, please see my amazon.com review of her brief book, 'The Subversive Copy Editor,' which is the next item on this list.
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 | The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago (or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself) (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by Carol Fisher Saller
Buy new: $9.23 / Used from: $8.15 Please see my brief review on amazon for a sampling of Saller's witty answers to questions asked on the website 'The Chicago Manual of Style Online's Q&A.'
-- C J Singh
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 | Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by Scott Norton
Buy new: $29.92 / Used from: $34.62 Please see my detailed review on amazon.
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 | Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (9th Edition) by Joseph M. Williams
Buy new: $37.06 / Used from: $25.50 Please see my detailed review on amazon.
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 | The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself by Susan Bell
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.72 Please see my review on amazon.
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 | Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print by Renni Browne
Buy new: $9.88 / Used from: $6.98 Please see my brief review on amazon.
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 | Writer's Reference 6e & MLA Quick Reference Card by Diana Hacker
Buy used from: $30.97 According to its publisher, 'A Writer's Reference' is the all-time bestselling college textbook. It's a compact, handsomely redesigned version of 'The Bedford Handbook.'
Please see my reviews of both books on amazon.com
-- C J Singh
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 | The Chicago Manual of Style
Buy new: $31.17 / Used from: $29.37 The subtitle says it all: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers.
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 | Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $15.55 This is the most thoroughly researched and witty compendium on usage ever published. (Not to be confused with the bestselling "Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary," which has only occasional usage notes.) See my detailed review on amazon.
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