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The Little, Brown Compact Handbook, Fifth Edition

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This is the reference book that most institutions of higher education want you to possess. If you need help with your english skills this is the book for you. If you need help for anything from a sentence, to how to write a reseach paper then this is the on.

The LITTLE, BROWN COMPACT HANDBOOK is one of those essential resources that no writer, email user, student, or English speaker should be without. This current edition in particular is designed to be useful, both in its compact overall size as well as in its plastic comb binding which allows any page to be opened flat upon the desk alongside a keyboard while typing.

In addition to its clearly-written and comprehensive treatment of grammar rules and punctuation, the LITTLE, BROWN COMPACT HANDBOOK contains highly useful sections on formatting and citation styles (MLA, APA, etc.), research methods, and methods for effective and persuasive argument formation. All sections are conveniently tabbed for quick access to the information you need.

I highly recommend this excellent reference for anyone looking to improve the quality of their writing.

Jeremy W. Forstadt

I ordered this book because it was on a list of required texts for a class I am currently enrolled in. I wish I had this book years ago; it would have helped a great deal in high school and in the time since then in college and even in helping my younger brother to write his reports. Not only does it give the basic mechanics of writing but it also completely explains the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles of documentation. Each section has a thumb tab and an index for ease in finding needed info.

This grammar book is decidedly thorough, concise, and both extremely helpful and intimidating, especially to those who are grammatically-challenged! The passion of the professor's review seems to exude frustration and disgust with two groups of people.
Finger-pointing is done at the teachers who are unable to master sufficiently themselves the basics of the English language grammar that they are positioned to teach. There is also blame cast upon the students below college level, who are lacking the skills of recognizing and applying these basic skills in their own use of language.
Any teaching book by itself, even an excellent one such as this grammar book, often needs to have a guide to go with it. In this case a guide would be a knowledgeable, patient, and motivated teacher. As a high school English teacher for over 38 years, I have learned to pick my battles in the area of English grammar. My students have had more media exposure to 20 second-sound bites, telecommunication devices, and the whole world of the Internet than either my generation or the one immediately succeeding mine. This is part of their experience. We talk, and we read more than we write. From the Internet itself there has emerged from emails and chatrooms a whole series of shorthand that perhaps those responsible for this book might want to include in a chapter on "Telecommuncations Grammar For Different Occasions"! This is not to excuse bad grammar; this is to identify a cause and expand on a method of teaching.
To give an already grammatically-challenged student a superb grammar book and hope it will help without further interaction on the teacher's part is comparable to giving a top choice T-Bone steak on a fine china plate to a baby who's just beginning to teethe. The hunger is there; the food is there, but the child will starve to death anyway!
This is as complete and as well-done an English grammar as one can buy - when it is accompanied by either a competent, concerned teacher, or a most avid self-motivated, interested student. It's also an excellent review book for a seasoned grammarian to keep on hand.

This book is indispensable in helping the student create quality and error-free formal class papers. The LBCH is easy to read, divides aides by category, and gives examples of the help the student is searching for. I recommend this book to any new student entering college.

Easy to use tabs. Provides everything you need to know if you are writing upper-level academic essays and more. Purchased mine for graduate business school so the APA Style information is especially helpful.

It's a very handy tool for writing a paper in the electronic age. It gives you examples, not just a list of rules on how to cite electronic sources, punctuation, grammar. It's very useful.

I require my junior and senior high school English students to buy this grammar book. It is a nice size to tuck in beside the keyboard while typing up a term paper. I use the book in my weekly grammar lessons so that when the students study a concept, they also learn where the rule is located in the book. Then when they need to refresh their memory, they know how to look for the answer. I think many grammar rules are really learned as the need to be correct arises; the caveat is that the writer has to at least have a vague idea that there is a rule to apply to the question at hand.

I used this book in my college classes and it is a gift from Heaven. It has helped me get an A in my classes because they require a format when submitting a paper. I get extra credit for using these formats and I could not have done it without The Little Brown Compact Handbook.

This product was in great shape and was very useful foLittle, Brown Compact Handbook with Exercises (7th Edition)r school.