Bedford / St. Martin’s is a publisher well known for its vast selection of quality writer’s resources, such as The Business Writer’s Handbook by Gerald J. Alred, Charles T. Brusaw, Walter E. Oliu; Technical Communication by Mike Markel, The Bedford Handbook by Diana Hacker; and St. Martin’s Guide to Writing by Rise B. Axelrod and Charles R. Cooper. It also has a helpful website, "Andrea Lunsford’s list of 20 common writing errors": http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/easywriter3e/20errors/. Lunsford is the author of several popular volumes in the Bedford / St. Martin’s English composition series.
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A participant in one of my workshops, D. Hom, asked a question about hyphenating expressions such as “end of year.” Determining what to h...
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READER QUESTION Which of the following sentences is correct? The contract was signed by Lee, Sam, and me . The contract was ... -
It's a good thing that the hyphen is not a frequently used punctuation mark because most people don't know how to use it. The hyp...