San Antonio College Library

Answers questions and disagreements about how words are used, including problems related to new words, slang, misused words, and grammar.

Explains the correct use of words that pose special problems of confused or disputed language.

Considers a wide range of topics related to contemporary language.

In this entertaining and provocative discussion of words and usage, Claiborne offers pithy opinions on what constitutes good English. using alphabetical dictionary-style entries, ranging from "Advertisingese" to "Watergate English," Claiborne stresses clarity as the most important criterion for judging correct usage. He also urges the readers not to follow any expert, but to look at the facts and make up their own minds. ISBN 0-393-02312-5: $16.95...

"Over three and a half decades, Ted Conover has ridden the rails with hoboes, crossed the border with Mexican immigrants, guarded prisoners in Sing Sing, and inspected meat for the USDA. His books and articles chronicling these experiences, including the award-winning Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, have made him one of the premier practitioners of immersion reporting. In immersion reporting--a literary cousin to ethnography, travel writing, and memoir--the...

Exploring the theatrical and linguistic means by which the tragic protagonist is estranged from other characters and comes to occupy a singular world in which the autonomy of the individual seems uncertain, this book discusses plays from classical, Renaissance and neo-classical literature.

Now fully revised and brought up-to-date, this one-volume course in good writing brims with helpful answers - large and small - for readers who want to use English clearly, naturally, and correctly. Alphabetical for easy consulting (and full of cross-references), the book carries the reader to the entry that explains a troublesome word or phrase - and shows how to use or avoid it; no time lost in wondering whether the problem is one of grammar, syntax,...

An A to Z format for quick reference, suggestions based on current language practice, chart of levels of speech and writing geared to context, descriptive and prescriptive entries, guidelines for nonsexist usage.

This book is mainly an attempt to be precise about the types of difficulties to be found in basic writing papers and beyond that, to demonstrate how the sources of those difficulties can be explained without recourse to such empty terms as 'handicapped' or 'disadvantaged.' This book is divided into sections of difficulty such as, handwriting and punctuation, syntax, common errors, spelling, vocabulary, and beyond the sentence.