Evan Jenkins

That or Which, and Why

A Usage Guide for Thoughtful Writers and Editors

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Produktbeschreibung

That or Which, and Why is an insightful and witty guide to writing based on Evan Jenkins's long-running column 'Language Corner', compiled of brief, alphabetically arranged entries on approximately 200 major writing stumbling blocks.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9780415977258
• ISBN-10: 0415977258
• Artikelnr.: 22349178

Autorenporträt

Evan Jenkins writes the "Language Corner" column of the Columbia Journalism Review. and is a consulting editor of CJR. He was editor in residence at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism; senior editor, Columbia JournalismReview; senior editor, The Racing Times; deputy news editor; The New York Times; chief copy editor, Newsday, and a reporter and copy editor at the Worcester Telegram in Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

A vs. An; A Historic
etc.
Adverb Placement
Adverse/Averse
Adviser/Advisor; Historic/Historical
Affect/Effect
Allude/Refer
Along With
Alternate/Alternative
Antecedents
'As Such' (Transition)
Assure/Ensure/Insure
As
Then As
As vs. So
As Well As
Too (Starting Sentence)
AttorneyS General
etc.
The Authorities
Award/Reward
Awhile/A While
Bacterium/Bacteria
(Feel) Bad/Badly
Baited/Bated (Breath)
'Because' and 'Since'
Beg the Question
Beside/BesideS
Between/Among
'Between...and
' Not 'Between...to'
Between the Cracks
Bid
Bid
Bade
'Big of a'
Borne Out
With an 'E'
Both
Brackets
Broadcast
the Verb
Cardinal/Ordinal Numbers
Cast
the Verb
Center Around/On
Chair/Chairperson
Cohort
'Collective'
Collective Nouns
Compare To/With
Comprise
Could/Couldn't Care Less
Criterion/Criteria; Phenomenon/Phenomena
Danglers
Decimate
Declined TO Comment
Defining Clause - See That vs. Which
'Democratic
' the Adjective
Difference/Differential
Different From/Than
Double Possessive I
Double Possessive II
Drag/'Drug'
Due To
Each Other/One Another
Eke
Elegant Variation; Echo Enormity
Evoke/Invoke; Precipitate/Precipitous
Facility
False Titles
Farther/Further
Feud
Fewer/Less
Five Times Below
160% Less
etc.
Flaunt/Flout
Fondle
Forbid - Make the past tense forbade. 'Former Native'
Fortuitous
'From Whence' - See Whence
Fulsome; Problematic
Fused Participle; 'Off Of'
Gantlet/Gauntlet; Stanch/Staunch
Gerrymander/Jerry-Built/Jury-Rigged
Gibe/Jibe
Gild/Paint the Lily
(I Am) Good / (I Am) Well
'Graduated College'
Graffito/Graffiti
Hand Down/Hand Up
Hanged/Hung
Have to/Got to
Head/Head Up
Heart-Rending/Heart-Wrenching
He or She
etc.
Hold [Down] the Fort
Home/Hone
Honored in the Breach
'Human Race' - See Oddities
Hyphens
'If Not'Impact
the Verb
Implement
Imply/Infer
Important/Importantly
Incidence/Incident/Instance
Individuals/People/Persons
In Line/On Line
Online
'In Order To'
In
Up and On
Irrelevant (NOT 'Irrevelant')
'Issues'
Late
as in Dead
Lend/Loan
Lie
Lay
and All That
'Lightening'; 'Forecasted'
Like/Such As
Like
With a Clause
Lion's Share
Literally
Loath/Loathe
Located/Situated
Masterful/Masterly
May/Might
'Media
' Plural
Me
Myself (Reflexive Pronouns)
Mondegreen
Monies
More Than/Over
Myriad
Namesake
Near Miss'
Neither None
Plural Normalcy
Notoriety
Oddities
'Older Than Him'; 'To She and I'
One Of/Among With Plural Verb
'One of the Only'
'Only
' Placement Of
Oral/Verbal
Orient/Orientate
Partake/Participate/Take Part
People/Persons - See Individuals/People/Persons
Per
'Pleaded Guilty'
Pole/Post Position
Police
The Possessive Nouns with Pronouns
Preposition Ending Sentence
Prior to/Before
Rage/Wage
Ravage/Ravish
Raveled Sleave
With an 'A'
A Reader's Potpourri
The Reason Is That
Rebut/Refute
Reference as a Verb
Regard/Regards
Reluctant/Reticent
Remunerate/Renumerate
Replete
Resonate
Reverend
Sequence of Tenses
Series: Changing Numbers
Series
Run-On
Serve/Service
Singular Noun
Plural Pronoun
Sleight/Slight of Hand
'Snuck'
Split Infinitive
Straighten/Straiten
Suspect/Suspected (adj.) Swatch/Swath
Tautology
'That Of
' Omitted
That vs. Which
'They Each'
Till/Until
Tons Was
Tortuous/Torturous
'To She and I' - See 'Older Than Him'
To...To
Toward(s)
Troopers/Troupers
Try And/Try To
Unique
Use/Usage Wangle/Wrangle Weapon(s) Inspector 'Well
' the Adjective
Whence
Where...at
Wherefore
Whether (or not)
Who/Whom
Whose/Of Which
'Woof Down'
You
Understood

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A vs. An; A Historic, etc. ,,Adverb Placement, Adverse/Averse , Adviser/Advisor; Historic/Historical , Affect/Effect, Allude/Refer, Along With, Alternate/Alternative, Antecedents, 'As Such' (Transition), Assure/Ensure/Insure, As, Then As, As vs. So, As Well As, Too (Starting Sentence), AttorneyS General, etc. , The Authorities, Award/Reward, Awhile/A While, Bacterium/Bacteria, (Feel) Bad/Badly, Baited/Bated (Breath), 'Because' and 'Since', Beg the Question, Beside/BesideS, Between/Among, 'Between...and,' Not 'Between...to', Between the Cracks, Bid, Bid, Bade, 'Big of a', Borne Out, With an 'E', Both, Brackets, Broadcast, the Verb , Cardinal/Ordinal Numbers, Cast, the Verb , Center Around/On, Chair/Chairperson, Cohort, 'Collective', Collective Nouns, Compare To/With, Comprise, Could/Couldn't Care Less, Criterion/Criteria; Phenomenon/Phenomena, Danglers, Decimate, Declined TO Comment, Defining Clause - See That vs. Which, 'Democratic,' the Adjective, Difference/Differential, Different From/Than, Double Possessive I, Double Possessive II, Drag/'Drug', Due To, Each Other/One Another, Eke,, Elegant Variation; Echo Enormity, Evoke/Invoke; Precipitate/Precipitous, Facility, False Titles, Farther/Further , Feud, Fewer/Less , Five Times Below, 160% Less, etc., Flaunt/Flout , Fondle, Forbid - Make the past tense "forbade." 'Former Native' , Fortuitous , 'From Whence' - See Whence, Fulsome; Problematic, Fused Participle; 'Off Of' , Gantlet/Gauntlet; Stanch/Staunch, Gerrymander/Jerry-Built/Jury-Rigged , Gibe/Jibe, Gild/Paint the Lily, (I Am) Good / (I Am) Well, 'Graduated College', Graffito/Graffiti, Hand Down/Hand Up , Hanged/Hung, Have to/Got to, Head/Head Up , Heart-Rending/Heart-Wrenching, He or She, etc., Hold [Down] the Fort, Home/Hone, Honored in the Breach, 'Human Race' - See Oddities, Hyphens, 'If Not'Impact, the Verb, Implement, Imply/Infer,Important/Importantly,Incidence/Incident/Instance,Individuals/People/Persons,In Line/On Line, Online, 'In Order To' ,In, Up and On, Irrelevant (NOT 'Irrevelant'), 'Issues', Late, as in Dead, Lend/Loan, Lie, Lay, and All That, 'Lightening'; 'Forecasted', Like/Such As, Like, With a Clause, Lion's Share, Literally, Loath/Loathe, Located/Situated, Masterful/Masterly, May/Might, 'Media,' Plural, Me, Myself (Reflexive Pronouns), Mondegreen, Monies, More Than/Over, Myriad, Namesake, Near Miss', Neither None, Plural Normalcy, Notoriety, Oddities, 'Older Than Him'; 'To She and I', One Of/Among With Plural Verb, 'One of the Only', 'Only,' Placement Of, Oral/Verbal, Orient/Orientate, Partake/Participate/Take Part, People/Persons - See Individuals/People/Persons, Per , 'Pleaded Guilty', Pole/Post Position, Police, The Possessive Nouns with Pronouns, Preposition Ending Sentence, Prior to/Before, Rage/Wage, Ravage/Ravish, Raveled Sleave, With an 'A', A Reader's Potpourri, The Reason Is That, Rebut/Refute, Reference as a Verb, Regard/Regards, Reluctant/Reticent, Remunerate/Renumerate, Replete, Resonate , Reverend, Sequence of Tenses, Series: Changing Numbers, Series, Run-On, Serve/Service, Singular Noun, Plural Pronoun, Sleight/Slight of Hand, 'Snuck' , Split Infinitive, Straighten/Straiten, Suspect/Suspected (adj.) Swatch/Swath, Tautology, 'That Of,' Omitted, That vs. Which, 'They Each' , Till/Until , Tons Was, Tortuous/Torturous, 'To She and I' - See 'Older Than Him' , To...To, Toward(s), Troopers/Troupers, Try And/Try To, Unique, Use/Usage Wangle/Wrangle Weapon(s) Inspector 'Well,' the Adjective, Whence, Where...at, Wherefore, Whether (or not), Who/Whom, Whose/Of Which, 'Woof Down', You, Understood

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"Jenkins draws upon years of editorial experience and writes in a witty and friendly tone that makes his helpful tome a pleasure to peruse. Who knew reading about the rules of the English language could be this much fun?" --Wesleyan Magazine, Books in Brief