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Rules of Thumb: A Guide for Writers, 8/e

Jay Silverman, Nassau Community College
Elaine Hughes, late of Nassau Community College
Diana Roberts Wienbroer, Nassau Community College, emerita

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Reflects the latest style guidelines, including 2009 MLA and 2008 APA documentation rules.
Features updated coverage of research methods, including scholarly sources now available online and an expanded section on "Going Beyond Google and Wikipedia."
Adds new and expanded coverage of repetition, verb tenses, introductions, and conclusions.
Gives students access to hundreds of practice exercises as well as to a sample research paper and a list of valuable sources in the supplement Good Measures, now available online.

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