Part VI Writer’s Handbook

Although this part of Read, Think, Write is not meant to be a fully comprehensive guide to English grammar, mechanics, and style, we do hope that it will serve as a useful support for those who are relatively new to the language, those who learned to write some time ago, and those who just want to brush up on their awareness of all these peculiarly English conventions and the many mistakes everyone can make. Be it comma splices or a misplaced modifier, the wrong word in the right place, or when it’s “i before e” or “e before i,” it is easy to make mistakes. This guide will help you choose words more carefully and reduce the number of distracting errors in your writing so that you can present your good ideas in their very best form in preparation for being read by others.