When Words Collide: A Media Writer's Guide to Grammar and Style, 7th Edition (Wadsworth Series in Mass Communication and Journalism)

kessler And Mcdonald's When Words Collide Is Praised By Students For Its Straightforward And Clear-almost Conversational-presentation Of Grammar. This Versatile Grammar And Usage Handbook Will Work For You As A Beginning Student And As You Continue As A Media Writer. It Provides Concise, Clear Explanations And Examples, As Well As Quick And Accurate Answers To Grammar Or Usage Questions. The Unique 'from Writer To Writer' Perspective Guides You Through The Writing Process. Cover Page......Page 1 From the Wadsworth Series in Mass Communication and Journalism......Page 3 Title: When Words Collide: A Media Writer's Guide to Grammar and Style......Page 4 ISBN 9780495050254......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 10 PART ONE: Understanding Grammar and Style......Page 14 Insta-Talk......Page 16 What Does Your E-mail Say about You?......Page 17 Beware the Media Multitasker......Page 19 The 10 Secrets of Writing Well......Page 20 Grammar Is Everywhere......Page 26 Making Mistakes......Page 27 What You Don’t Know.........Page 28 The Point of Grammar......Page 31 The Verb: Power to the Sentence......Page 32 Verb Forms......Page 33 Verb Number......Page 36 Principal Parts of Verbs......Page 37 The “Voice” of Verbs......Page 38 Verbals: Loving to Fool You......Page 39 CHAPTER 4: Parts of Speech, Part 2: Completing the Picture......Page 42 Why We Focus on Parts of Speech......Page 43 Nouns......Page 44 Pronouns......Page 45 Adjectives......Page 48 Adverbs......Page 51 Prepositions......Page 53 Conjunctions......Page 55 Interjections......Page 57 CHAPTER 5: The Sentence......Page 58 Sentence Parts......Page 60 Phrases and Clauses......Page 61 Types of Sentences......Page 63 Sentence Errors......Page 65 The Lead Sentence......Page 79 CHAPTER 6: Agreement: The Search for Harmony and Order......Page 82 Subject–Verb Agreement......Page 83 Pronoun Reference: The Antecedent Search......Page 91 Parallel Structure......Page 92 CHAPTER 7: Case: It’s All about Relationships......Page 98 Nominative Case......Page 99 Objective Case......Page 103 Possessive Case......Page 105 CHAPTER 8: Punctuation: Graceful Movements, Confident Stops......Page 112 Some Basic Guidelines......Page 113 Period......Page 114 Comma......Page 115 Semicolon......Page 122 Colon......Page 125 Dash......Page 126 Quotation Marks......Page 127 Hyphen......Page 130 Apostrophe......Page 132 Ellipses......Page 133 Parentheses......Page 134 Question Mark and Exclamation Mark......Page 135 CHAPTER 9: Spelling......Page 136 Why We Struggle with Correct Spellings......Page 137 Detecting Misspellings: Look, Listen and Look Again......Page 138 Strategies for Improving Spelling......Page 140 Some Final Words (to Master)......Page 148 Choosing Words......Page 150 Putting Words Together......Page 157 Making Sense......Page 161 Clarity, Conciseness, Coherence......Page 164 What Is Style?......Page 166 Liveliness......Page 168 Originality......Page 171 Rhythm and Sound......Page 174 Imagery......Page 180 Writing with Style......Page 184 CHAPTER 12: Sense and Sensitivity......Page 186 Sexism......Page 187 Heterosexism......Page 192 Racism......Page 194 Ageism......Page 195 The -Isms Golden Rule......Page 197 -able/-ible endings......Page 198 adjective......Page 199 affect/effect......Page 200 all ready/already......Page 201 among/between......Page 202 anxious/eager......Page 203 as if/like......Page 204 bad/badly......Page 205 brand names/trademarks......Page 206 can/may......Page 207 chair/chairperson......Page 208 collective nouns......Page 209 compared to/compared with......Page 210 compound modifiers......Page 211 convince/persuade......Page 212 dangling modifiers......Page 213 data and other foreign plurals......Page 214 different from/different than......Page 215 each/either/neither......Page 216 enormity/enormousness......Page 217 fewer/less......Page 218 gender-specific references (he/she)......Page 219 good/well......Page 220 homophones, homonyms and homographs......Page 221 hyphen......Page 222 if/whether......Page 223 imply/infer......Page 224 -ing endings......Page 225 insure/ensure/assure......Page 226 -ize words......Page 227 lay/lie......Page 228 literal/figurative......Page 229 median/average (mean)......Page 230 numerals......Page 231 one of the/the only one of the......Page 232 passive voice......Page 233 precede/proceed......Page 234 preventive/preventative......Page 235 proved/proven......Page 236 rebut/refute......Page 237 restrictive/nonrestrictive......Page 238 sentence......Page 239 split constructions......Page 240 that/which/who......Page 241 tortuous/torturous......Page 242 verb and verbals......Page 243 who/whom......Page 244 your/you’re......Page 245 A......Page 246 C......Page 247 F......Page 248 I......Page 249 M......Page 250 P......Page 251 S......Page 253 T......Page 254 W......Page 255 Y......Page 256