The Longman Pocket Writer's Companion (MLA Update)

I. WRITING AND READING. 1. Writing and Reading in Communities. 2. Developing a Thesis. 3. Providing Support and Reasoning Clearly. 4. Paragraphing for Readers. 5. Matching Style to Community. 6 Designing Documents for Readers. II. CONDUCTING RESEARCH. 7. Using Research Strategies. 8. Finding Print and Electronic Resources. 9. Reading and Evaluating Sources. 10. Integrating and Crediting Sources. III. DOCUMENTING SOURCES. 11. MLA Style. 12. APA Style. 13. CMS Style. 14. CSE Style. IV. WRITING CORRECTLY. 15. Fragments. 16. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences. 17. Pronoun Reference. 18. Agreement. 19. Correct Forms. V. WRITING CLEARLY. 20. Clear Sentences. 21. Mixed Structures. 22. Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers. 23. Unnecessary Shifts. 24. Parallelism. 25. Coordination and Subordination. 26. Conciseness. 27. Language Choices. 28. Commas. 29. Semicolons and Colons. 30. Apostrophes. 31. Quotation Marks. 32. Italics (Underlining). 33. Capitals. 34. Abbreviations. 35. Numbers. 36. Hyphens. 37. Spelling. 38. Other Marks and Conventions. Quick Tips for Readers and Writers. Resources for Editing. Glossary of Usage and Terms. Index.Robert A. Schwegler is the author of 'The Longman Pocket Writer's Companion (MLA Update)', published 2004 under ISBN 9780321202543 and ISBN 0321202546.