Harbrace College Handbook

All the grammar and usage advice I needed at several workplaces where I wrote software, but found that knowing how to write about software, to explain it, was a valuable tool, something I was good at, better than most other programers I met.

This is an excellent book on Enlglish language usage. The book has undergone several editions since I purchased mine, but the core holds up well. It is well organized and easy to use. Its size makes it simple enough to keep handy.

A concise reference, though not as compact as it would be without hundreds of exercises. It's written as a system for writing, proofreading, and assessing.

This an old standard, even if my edition is also a bit dated Sections that are particularly good, not always covered by other such books are an example of writing an entire composition with detailed explanation, how to be exact - using a dictionary to help , transitions between paragraphs, paragraph development

A wonderful friend when it came time to writing those research papers for undergraduate school. No, we didn't have web generated biographies. Instead we did it the old-fashion way: pencil, paper, our handbook, and patience.

Throughout the years of my higher education in the 1950s and '60s, I got A's on all of my essays, term papers, and lab reports with the help of my American College Dictionary and my Harbrace College Handbook. Whenever I was writing, my Harcourt Brace and my ACD were always within arm's reach.

Quick & simple explanations, with examples, of good English