Essentials of English By Vincent F. Hopper

Updated and expanded, this book fulfills a double purpose as both a useful classroom text and a practical style manual for writers. It reviews English grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, and correct word usage, and advises on adapting writing style to different formats, including classroom assignments, business documents, and electronic communication. Readers will also find detailed instructions on essay writing, starting with outlining a subject and going on to writing a draft and then editing and polishing it into a finished composition. New in this edition is a sample research paper that uses online sources and follows the widely popular MLA style for footnotes.