The Random House Handbook

by Frederick C. Crews

Book Overview

The book offers a comprehensive guide to writing and style, as well as special applications. With its new emphasis on academic writing, the handbook now presents the research paper alongside the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007013636X
• ISBN13: 9780070136366
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
• Length: 764 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

For any writer, the best of the lot

Most major publishers produce a writing handbook, typically oriented toward college compostion classes. Most of them are very good or better. But among this tough competition, this is the best of the bunch. I teach advanced writing skills to professionals, mostly lawyers, and tell them to buy this book right after Strunk & White and Garner's Modern American Usage. After using Crews's book they all agree. (If you're wondering about "But" in the third sentence, "Crews's" in the fifth, and the placement of the period in the last sentence, below, look them up; Crews is glad to help.) I agree completely with the anonymous reviewer in "My teaching "bible."

My teaching "bible"

I teach English to sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in a private school. This book is always close at hand to verify answers and to clarify nagging questions (do you capitalize northern when used with California? ) My edition is getting tattered through constant use. The book is well-organized and easy to understand. It covers everything from the correct use of commas to how to cite the internet in research papers. There are examples of use and examples of papers. The examples are interesting to read, and they teach something. What could be better? I have gotten the reputation of expert in my school because of this handbook! Other teachers send me notes asking for help with questions that come up in their classes. Should I tell them my secret?